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BEAR CREEK INT
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BEAR CREEK INT
Set in KELLER, Texas, BEAR CREEK INT is a reasonably sized intermediate school, overseen by KELLER ISD. It instructs 904 students across grades 5 through 6. That puts it 41% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
KELLER ISD runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 32,042 students. BEAR CREEK INT is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, BEAR CREEK INT logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, BEAR CREEK INT reports 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BEAR CREEK INT higher than the state norm the norm. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BEAR CREEK INT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.3%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), BEAR CREEK INT is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is KELLER H S, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BEAR CREEK INT comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 76.6%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEAR CREEK INT has shrank 9%, going from 991 students in 2018 to 904 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 62% across the same window.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Tarrant County at a glance
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