The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in English language arts. The lowest is 19% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Springtown Int
Springtown Intermediate serves fifth and sixth graders in Springtown ISD, sitting on Pojo Drive near the town's core in Springtown, Texas. The school is the bridge between elementary and middle school for a district that is, by publicly reported accounts, growing faster than the vast majority of Texas districts.
Springtown itself is a small town in Parker County, northwest of Fort Worth and close enough to the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex to function partly as a bedroom community. Publicly reported sources describe it as the fastest-growing city in Parker County, which itself ranks among the fastest-growing counties in the country. The character is rural with suburban edges: a historic downtown square anchors civic life, new subdivisions are actively rising from several builders, and the surrounding landscape is open, acreage-oriented, and car-dependent. A city park with trails, fields, disc golf, and a creek bed with dinosaur tracks is one of the more distinctive local amenities. The community rallies around Springtown Porcupines football on fall Friday nights.
Home values here run above the Texas state benchmark and are also above the national benchmark, and they have been roughly flat year-over-year. Monthly ownership costs are meaningful, and renting is close in cost to buying. The district passed a major bond in May 2025, its first success at the ballot box in many years, after two failed attempts in 2021. That bond funds a new elementary school, campus renovations, a science and CTE addition to the middle school, safety upgrades, and new buses. A new elementary campus, Littleton Springs Elementary, is registered for construction near Williams-Ward and Springfield Roads, with an opening targeted for the 2027-28 school year. The tax-rate picture is mixed: a new elementary school carries a property-tax impact for non-senior homeowners, though state-level tax relief in recent years has already compressed district rates and raised the homestead exemption.
On Texas STAAR assessments, Springtown Intermediate's results in the most recent year tell a mixed story. In reading and language arts, roughly approaching half of students in each grade reached the meets-grade-level standard, which is the bar Texas treats as the functional indicator of being on track. Math results were lower, particularly in fifth grade, where fewer than half that share met the standard. Science, tested only in fifth grade, showed the lowest proficiency of any subject, with a small share of fifth graders meeting the bar. Social studies, where tested, also came in below the other subjects. Looking across all tested subjects combined, the school's proficiency index places it below the midpoint among Parker County districts, relative to districts in Parker County. Only a small fraction of students across subjects reached the masters level, which represents advanced performance. These are areas a parent would reasonably want to discuss with the school, asking specifically what support and intervention structures are in place and how the district's rapid enrollment growth is affecting classroom resources.
About half the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning economic need is spread fairly evenly across the student body. The student population is predominantly white, with Hispanic students making up roughly a fifth of enrollment. Data on English learner counts and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided.
Program details for the intermediate school specifically were not in the data provided. At the district level, publicly reported information points to CTE programming at the secondary level and active investment in science and CTE facilities from the 2025 bond, but how those pathways connect back to the intermediate grades is something a family would want to explore directly with the school.
For a family moving to or already in Springtown, this is an intermediate school in a fast-growing, resource-constrained district that has recently cleared a major facility hurdle. Academic results are uneven, and math and science in particular sit below where many families would hope. The community context is clear: a rural-suburban small town with active growth, real estate costs above state and national medians, and a locally rooted culture centered on school sports and community events.
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