BEAR CREEK EL

BEAR CREEK EL is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by KATY ISD, with 631 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 519.

KATY ISD runs 78 schools in total, collectively educating 96,111 students. BEAR CREEK EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BEAR CREEK EL records that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 14% Black, 9% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at BEAR CREEK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BEAR CREEK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.3%; this one delivers 35.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which BEAR CREEK EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HARMONY SCHOOL OF ACHIEVEMENT - HOUSTON, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BEAR CREEK EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEAR CREEK EL has held roughly steady, going from 629 students in 2018 to 631 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged up from 6% to 14% over that span.

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