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Bear Creek Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
12801 Escarpment Blvd
Austin, TX 78739
Phone
(512) 414-0040
District
AUSTIN ISD
County
TRAVIS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
603
Classroom Teachers
33

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Texas

10

(10 is best)

Better than 96.0% of all TX schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.3% of all U.S. schools.


Bear Creek Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
77%
47%
79%
50%
75%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
80%
47%
82%
47%
77%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
80%
52%
85%
56%
74%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
17
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 47 7.8%
Kindergarten 95 15.8%
Grade 1 88 14.6%
Grade 2 112 18.6%
Grade 3 82 13.6%
Grade 4 87 14.4%
Grade 5 92 15.3%
Total 603 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 57.3% 32.0% 26.7%
Black 0.9% 6.4% 13.3%
Hispanic 19.7% 56.3% 54.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 21.6% 5.1% 5.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.3% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 3.3% 51.5% 61.3%
Free lunch eligible 3.2% 49.3% 56.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.2% 2.1% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 728,903 30,029,572
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,186.8 113
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 6.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.4% 21.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 47.0% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.7% 23.5%
65 OR OLDER 10.6% 12.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 329,136 10,490,553
Single Parent Households With Children 6.0% 9.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.0% 85.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 57.0% 32.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 25.8% 19.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.9% 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.4% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.5% 16.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.5% 14.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.0% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 8.9% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,786 $497,978,000 24.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $692 $50,797,000 2.5%
Staff $864 $63,426,000 3.2%
General Administration $144 $10,566,000 0.5%
School Administration $776 $56,915,000 2.8%
Operation $1,370 $100,548,000 5.0%
Transportation $485 $35,561,000 1.8%
Other $1,015 $74,511,000 3.7%
Total Support $5,346 $392,324,000 19.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $15,142 $1,111,151,000 55.5%
Total Expenditures $27,274 $2,001,453,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,347 $35,048,825,000 44.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $595 $3,283,730,000 4.2%
Staff $570 $3,149,949,000 4.0%
General Administration $155 $857,955,000 1.1%
School Administration $625 $3,451,541,000 4.4%
Operation $1,151 $6,357,339,000 8.1%
Transportation $273 $1,508,668,000 1.9%
Other $536 $2,961,595,000 3.8%
Total Support $3,906 $21,570,777,000 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,883 $21,441,869,000 27.5%
Total Expenditures $14,137 $78,061,471,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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