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What's something BEAR CREEK EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894014109
Bear Creek Elementary School
12801 ESCARPMENT BLVD, AUSTIN, TX 78739 · (512) 414-0040 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
28 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 38 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
87.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
77.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 64.0% | 23.0% | 8.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 51.0% | 26.0% | 13.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 87.0% | 77.0% |
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 90.0% |
| 2021-22 | 79.0% | 90.0% |
| 2020-21 | 64.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Bear Creek Elementary School
Bear Creek Elementary School's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Elementary School this school | 509 | 5.5% | 72.8% |
| Laura Welch Bush Elementary School AUSTIN | 503 | 4.2% | 82.0% |
| Heritage Elementary School GRAPEVINE | 538 | 10.8% | 71.6% |
| Deer Creek Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 638 | 8.5% | 74.9% |
| STEM Academy at Donald Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 526 | 10.6% | 65.2% |
| Old Settlers Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 468 | 7.3% | 81.7% |
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 Bear Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #242 of 4,401 | #13 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #200 of 4,466 ▲ 124 | #11 of 176 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #71 of 4,466 ▲ 78 | #9 of 176 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #552 of 3,998 | #22 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #2,436 of 4,938 | #88 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #526 of 4,622 | #52 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #957 of 4,628 | #35 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.5% | #4,744 of 4,789 | #162 of 170 |
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
509
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 509 | 40.8 | 12.5:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 41.4 | 14.1:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 32.5 | 18.6:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 29 | 16.9:1 | 7% (33) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bear Creek Elementary School.
About Bear Creek Elementary School
Bear Creek Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, (ZIP code 78739). It serves 509 students in pre-K through 5.
AUSTIN ISD has a total of 123 schools and 72,272 students, Bear Creek Elementary School among them.
By race and ethnicity, Bear Creek Elementary School is 50% White. The rest of enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 21% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Bear Creek Elementary School has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 12.5:1 comes from the school's 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 6% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Travis County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bear Creek Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 72.8% actual against 71.3% predicted.
Travis County has these Census figures: median household income is about $99,611, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Travis County number 333 and enroll about 191,706.
The school nearest to Bear Creek Elementary School is Baldwin Elementary School, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. Within five miles of Bear Creek Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 69.9%; Bear Creek Elementary School's is 72.8%, ranking 6th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Bear Creek Elementary School had 490 students in 2020-21 and 509 in 2024-25, a 4% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.9:1 to 12.5:1 over the same years.
The Bear Creek Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Akins Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,421 students
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Navarro Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,633 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Other Bear Creek Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bear Creek Elementary. Bear Creek Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 631 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolEULESS, TX · 524 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolMONUMENT, CO · 869 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolBend, OR · 521 students
- Bear Creek ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 461 students
Nearby schools
- Baldwin Elementary School1.3 mi · 582
- Valor South Austin1.3 mi · 1,364
- Clayton Elementary School1.7 mi · 637
- Kiker Elementary School2.2 mi · 750
- Bailey Middle School2.3 mi · 785
- Gorzycki Middle School3.2 mi · 1,305
Frequently asked questions
About Bear Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bear Creek Elementary School?
Bear Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 509 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 students per teacher at Bear Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Bear Creek Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Bear Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bear Creek Elementary School are roughly 50% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 21% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Bear Creek Elementary School public or private?
Bear Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by AUSTIN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.