Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249000099
Bear Creek Elementary School
2500 TABLE MESA DRIVE, BOULDER, CO 80305 · (720) 561-3500 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
24 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
85.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
85.3%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.8% | 85.3% |
| 2023-24 | 86.9% | 87.2% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Colorado's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bear Creek Elementary School
Bear Creek Elementary School's state test result (86.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Elementary School this school | 318 | 7.5% | 86.6% |
| Timber Trail Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 380 | 6.3% | 72.8% |
| Lone Tree Elementary LONE TREE | 392 | 6.9% | 72.8% |
| Copper Mesa Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 306 | 11.1% | 61.8% |
| Heritage Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 377 | 10.1% | 76.4% |
| Summit View Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 350 | 10.0% | 67.7% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bear Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #6 of 931 | #2 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #9 of 940 ▼ 3 | #2 of 48 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.8% | #10 of 946 ▼ 2 | #2 of 48 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #653 of 1,056 | #30 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #807 of 896 | #45 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #648 of 896 | #28 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.5% | #968 of 983 | #48 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #128 of 664 | #11 of 44 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
318
-25 (-7%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 318 | 17.2 | 18.5:1 | 8% (24) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 18.8 | 16.8:1 | 9% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 17.7 | 19.3:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 21.3 | 21.1:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 18 | 20.4:1 | 4% (13) |
| 2000-01 | 362 | 18 | 20.1:1 | 1% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 18 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bear Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (448 to 318); teachers down 19% (21.3 to 17.2).
About Bear Creek Elementary School
Federal records list Bear Creek Elementary School as an elementary school in BOULDER, Colorado. It had 318 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 serves 27,988 students across 56 schools.
Of every 100 students at Bear Creek Elementary School, about 75 are White. After that, the student body is 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 7% Hispanic. Among Boulder County residents, the White share is about 78%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
A staff of 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 18.5:1. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Boulder County, the average eligibility rate is 33%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Bear Creek Elementary School beats its 62.1% prediction with 86.6%, a top-10% result in Colorado.
In Boulder County, home to about 328,961 people, median household income comes to about $103,994, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Boulder County's 86 public schools enroll about 42,200 students and include Bear Creek Elementary School.
The closest school to Bear Creek Elementary School is Mesa Elementary School, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bear Creek Elementary School is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
Bear Creek Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 7%. By 2024-25, the school had 18.5 students per teacher, compared with 17.1 in 2020-21.
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Boulder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
328,961
Census ACS
Median income
$103,994
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,200 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
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- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Williamsburg Academy of ColoradoHigh · 622 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Southern Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 502 students
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Other Bear Creek Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bear Creek Elementary. Bear Creek Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolMONUMENT, CO · 869 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 631 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolEULESS, TX · 524 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolBend, OR · 521 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 509 students
Nearby schools
- Mesa Elementary School0.6 mi · 250
- Community Montessori School0.6 mi · 277
- Creekside Elementary School at Martin Park1.0 mi · 359
- Southern Hills Middle School1.1 mi · 502
- Fairview High School1.1 mi · 1,863
- Summit Middle Charter School1.2 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Bear Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Bear Creek Elementary School?
Bear Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bear Creek Elementary School serve?
Bear Creek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Bear Creek Elementary School have?
Bear Creek Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Bear Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bear Creek Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Bear Creek Elementary School?
Bear Creek Elementary School is overseen by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 in Boulder County.
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