OAK CREEK EL

OAK CREEK EL, a heavily attended elementary-level community in NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, part of COMAL ISD, works with 855 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 65% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Within COMAL ISD, which oversees 37 schools and 29,839 students, OAK CREEK EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, OAK CREEK EL lists that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 42% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, OAK CREEK EL has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OAK CREEK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.8%; this one delivers 60.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Comal County shows median household earnings sit near $101,889, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Comal County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,653 students), OAK CREEK EL is one campus in the mix.

CANYON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OAK CREEK EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 62.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 60%: 535 students in 2018 compared to 855 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 53% to 49% over that span.

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