Bear Creek Elementary School

Bear Creek Elementary School is a large primary school in MONUMENT, Colorado, operated by Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co. The school instructs 869 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 129% above the state mean of about 379.

Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,332 students; Bear Creek Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bear Creek Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to El Paso County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bear Creek Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.4%; this one delivers 58.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household income runs about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Bear Creek Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Antelope Trails Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bear Creek Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Bear Creek Elementary School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.0%.

Bear Creek Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 987 students in 2018 compared to 869 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 81% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Bear Creek Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.