Elementary school profileUnited States/Colorado/Lakewood/Schools/Bear Creek K-8 School

Bear Creek K-8 School

Bear Creek K-8 School school profile in Lakewood, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
41/100
true deterioration risk · high confidence
Enrollment
792
Enrollment has declined 15% over the available history.
FRL Share
53.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
733.5
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Bear Creek K-8 School

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Academic Quality

41

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

52

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

34

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Lakewood and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 53 · Colorado 50
41 53
2 Academic average
Peer 737.8 · Colorado 737.4
733.5 737.8
3 ELA
Peer 742.3 · Colorado 741
740.1 742.3
4 Math
Peer 734.7 · Colorado 736.9
727.3 734.7
5 Science
Peer 736.3 · Colorado 734.5
733.1 736.3
6 Enrollment
Peer 411 · Colorado 394
792 411
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Lakewood 6.6 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
6.8 / 1k 6.6 / 1k
2 Market rent
Lakewood $1,762 · Colorado $1,977
$1,730 $1,762
3 Home price
Lakewood $584,462 · Colorado $556,199
$537,720 $584,462
4 Poverty rate
Lakewood 7.9% · Colorado 10.1%
8.4% 7.9%
5 Median income
Lakewood $98,726 · Colorado $101,131
$72,553 $98,726
6 Renter share
Lakewood 32.8% · Colorado 32.6%
39.4% 32.8%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

Bear Creek K-8 School currently posts a blended academic reading around 733.5, with ELA at 740.1, Math at 727.3, and Science at 733.1. Against Lakewood elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 41/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 15% over the available history. ELA has moved down 10.2 points over the available history. Math has moved down 12.2 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 52/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Bear Creek K-8 School currently serves about 792 students. FRL share sits near 53.4%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 011730 carries violent crime around 6.8 / 1k, market rent near $1,730, median income near $72,553, and home-price context near $537,720. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80227 where rent context currently sits near $1,730 and home-price context near $537,720. Nearby violent crime has moved up 5% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Bear Creek K-8 School currently reads as true deterioration risk. The total TractSignal school score is 41/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.