Bear Creek K-8 School

Bear Creek K-8 School is a high-enrollment elementary school in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. The school instructs 863 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 128% above the state mean of about 379.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 comprises 148 schools with combined enrollment of 74,935 students; Bear Creek K-8 School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bear Creek K-8 School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 40% White, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jefferson County (around 32%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bear Creek K-8 School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.1%; this one delivers 32.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $110,656, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Bear Creek K-8 School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bear Creek High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bear Creek K-8 School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 1,103 students in 2018 compared to 863 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 37% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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