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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEAR CREEK ISD·NCES 481428000902
Bay Elementary School
1502 BAYPORT BLVD, SEABROOK, TX 77568 · (281) 284-4600 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
208 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 63% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -3.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 3 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Bay Elementary School
Bay Elementary School's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Elementary School this school | 519 | 40.1% | 48.6% |
| High Point Elementary School TEMPLE | 563 | 41.2% | 37.7% |
| China Spring Primary School CHINA SPRING | 456 | 39.7% | N/A |
| Audubon Elementary School MAGNOLIA | 509 | 38.1% | 61.8% |
| Central Heights Elementary School NACOGDOCHES | 477 | 40.9% | 61.4% |
| North Ridge Elementary School NORTH RICHLAND HILLS | 510 | 36.7% | 63.5% |
Matched among Texas 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 Bay Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #1,565 of 4,401 | #186 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,127 of 4,466 ▼ 226 | #293 of 625 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,358 of 4,466 ▼ 684 | #310 of 625 ▼ 115 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -19.0pp | #83 of 3,998 | #7 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #2,343 of 4,938 | #448 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,270 of 4,622 | #303 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #1,947 of 4,628 | #255 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #3,940 of 4,789 | #597 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.5% | #526 of 2,838 | #113 of 441 |
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
519
-97 (-16%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 519 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 40% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 44% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 39.9 | 16.2:1 | 48% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 40% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 42.3 | 17.4:1 | 41% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 37% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 716 | 48 | 14.9:1 | 40% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 817 | 54 | 15.1:1 | 19% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 649 | 31 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bay Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (736 to 519); teachers down 17% (42.3 to 35).
About Bay Elementary School
Bay Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in CLEAR CREEK ISD, located in SEABROOK, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 519 students.
CLEAR CREEK ISD has 39,684 students in 46 schools, and Bay Elementary School is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Bay Elementary School, 61%, are White. The next largest groups are 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. The school's White share is 27 points above the 34% share among Harris County residents. Bay Elementary School has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bay Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.8:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. The lunch program counts 40% of students at Bay Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Harris County averages 70%, higher than here.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Bay Elementary School, the prediction is 56.6% and the result is 48.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Bay Elementary School is one of 1,205 public schools in Harris County, which together enroll about 886,911 students.
The next-closest public school is Seabrook Intermediate School, about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bay Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bay Elementary School is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Bay Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 616 in 2020-21 and 519 in 2024-25, a 16% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2020-21 to 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLEAR CREEK ISD
- Clear Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- Clear Falls High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Clear Lake High SchoolHigh · 2,500 students
- Clear Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,469 students
- Clear Brook High SchoolHigh · 2,303 students
- Westbrook Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
Other schools in SEABROOK
- Seabrook Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- G W RobinsonElementary · 536 students
- Harris County Youth VillageHigh · 43 students
Other Bay Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Bay Elementary. Bay Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPATCHOGUE, NY · 430 students
- Bay ElementarySan Lorenzo, CA · 422 students
- BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY, AR · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Seabrook Intermediate School0.6 mi · 901
- Ed H White Elementary School1.2 mi · 644
- Lavace Stewart Elementary School1.7 mi · 660
- G W Robinson2.2 mi · 536
- Harris County Youth Village2.6 mi · 43
- Lloyd R Ferguson Elementary School2.8 mi · 700
Frequently asked questions
About Bay Elementary SchoolHow large is Bay Elementary School?
Bay Elementary School enrolls approximately 519 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bay Elementary School serve?
Bay Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bay Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bay Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bay Elementary School?
At Bay Elementary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Bay Elementary School in?
Bay Elementary School is part of CLEAR CREEK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.