CEDAR CREEK EL

As a mid-sized primary school in CEDAR CREEK, Texas, CEDAR CREEK EL teaches 775 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by BASTROP ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 49% larger than the state mean of about 519.

BASTROP ISD comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 13,370 students; CEDAR CREEK EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, CEDAR CREEK EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). The remainder looks like 5% White. By comparison, Bastrop County as a whole is about 45% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Bastrop County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CEDAR CREEK EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.6%; CEDAR CREEK EL posts 15.7%, -20.9 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bastrop County put median household income runs about $86,226, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Bastrop County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,931 students), of which CEDAR CREEK EL is one.

The closest other public school is CEDAR CREEK MIDDLE, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CEDAR CREEK EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 27.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. CEDAR CREEK EL's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 810 (now 775). Hispanic enrollment moved from 87% to 94% across the same window.

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