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Enrollment
785
Elementary
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE TRAVIS ISD·NCES 482647008395
BEE CAVE EL
14300 HAMILTON POOL RD, AUSTIN, TX 78738 · (512) 533-6250 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL785 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
27 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
73.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
785
+35 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.6:1
% White
60%
was 72%
% Hispanic
12%
was 13%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
19%
was 10%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BEE CAVE EL
BEE CAVE EL, a sprawling elementary-level community in AUSTIN, Texas, overseen by LAKE TRAVIS ISD, instructs 785 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BEE CAVE EL sits 51% bigger than that benchmark.
BEE CAVE EL is one of 11 schools operated by LAKE TRAVIS ISD, a district that works with 11,008 students overall.
Demographically, BEE CAVE EL logs that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 19% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BEE CAVE EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 3% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Travis County's rate of about 54%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BEE CAVE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.4%, the actual is 66.3%, a residual of -6.1 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Travis County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which BEE CAVE EL is one.
LAKE TRAVIS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BEE CAVE EL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 66.0%.
BEE CAVE EL operates from an outer-ring location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEE CAVE EL has expanded 5%, going from 750 students in 2018 to 785 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 72% to 60%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. 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 LAKE TRAVIS ISD
- LAKE TRAVIS H SHigh · 3,569 students
- LAKE TRAVIS MIDDLEMiddle · 968 students
- BEE CAVE MIDDLEMiddle · 861 students
- HUDSON BEND MIDDLEMiddle · 806 students
- SERENE HILLS ELElementary · 744 students
- LAKE TRAVIS ELElementary · 737 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- LAKE TRAVIS H SHigh · 3,569 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,876 students
- WESTWOOD H SHigh · 2,858 students
- WESTLAKE H SHigh · 2,854 students
- MCNEIL H SHigh · 2,660 students
- VANDEGRIFT H SHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE TRAVIS H S1.3 mi · 3,569
- BEE CAVE MIDDLE1.8 mi · 861
- LAKE POINTE EL2.8 mi · 721
- LAKEWAY EL3.1 mi · 524
- SERENE HILLS EL3.2 mi · 744
- RIVER RIDGE EL4.1 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About BEE CAVE ELHow large is BEE CAVE EL?
BEE CAVE EL enrolls approximately 785 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BEE CAVE EL serve?
BEE CAVE EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BEE CAVE EL?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at BEE CAVE EL.
What is the student diversity at BEE CAVE EL?
Student demographics at BEE CAVE EL are roughly 60% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is BEE CAVE EL in?
BEE CAVE EL is part of LAKE TRAVIS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.