BEAR BRANCH EL

BEAR BRANCH EL is a medium-sized elementary campus in KINGWOOD, Texas, run under HUMBLE ISD. The school educates 623 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 20% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

HUMBLE ISD runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 48,502 students. BEAR BRANCH EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, BEAR BRANCH EL lists that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 34% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, BEAR BRANCH EL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 19% of students at BEAR BRANCH EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, BEAR BRANCH EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harris County) records that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), BEAR BRANCH EL is one campus in the mix.

KINGWOOD MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BEAR BRANCH EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEAR BRANCH EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. BEAR BRANCH EL's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 605 (now 623). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 71% to 62%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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