MEADOW CREEK EL

MEADOW CREEK EL is a mid-sized primary school in BEDFORD, Texas, overseen by HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD. The school instructs 649 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so MEADOW CREEK EL sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 23,262 students; MEADOW CREEK EL is among them.

On demographics, MEADOW CREEK EL shows that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 30% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MEADOW CREEK EL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MEADOW CREEK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.9%; this one delivers 67.7%.

In the area at large, Tarrant County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), MEADOW CREEK EL is one campus in the mix.

HARWOOD J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MEADOW CREEK EL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 56.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. MEADOW CREEK EL's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 799 (now 649). The White share of enrollment edged down from 56% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.