Bear Creek Int, Keller TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Bear Creek Int

Bear Creek Intermediate serves fifth and sixth grade students in Keller, a suburban Dallas-Fort Worth community on a steady growth path. The school sits within Keller ISD, which has recently undergone significant restructuring, and parents considering this school should understand both its current academic standing and the major changes ahead.

Academically, Bear Creek shows solid strength in reading and language arts. English language arts proficiency is in the low to mid-eighties across both grades, with a meaningful share of students reaching the highest performance level. Math performance is more mixed. Fifth graders land around the mid-sixties in proficiency, a softer result, while sixth graders jump to mid-eighties, suggesting stronger command of skills at that level. Science proficiency in fifth grade sits at around half, the school's clearest area of lower attainment. A parent may want to look into how the school addresses science instruction and support for students working toward proficiency.

When measured against other districts across Tarrant County, Bear Creek's overall proficiency profile places it in the top tier, a genuine strength across tested subjects and grade levels.

The student body reflects the Keller area: a majority white enrollment with substantial Asian and Hispanic representation, and a small share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. No data on enrollment of students with IEPs or English learners was available in the school's public records.

The school operates in a setting of active family growth and substantial housing values, with the area's character blending modern suburban infrastructure, parks, trails, and gathering spaces like Keller Town Center and Old Town Keller. Homes in the zip code are expensive relative to national benchmarks, and the market is appreciating slowly. The community is car-dependent; public transit is essentially absent.

What matters most for prospective families is that Keller ISD has just approved closure of Bear Creek Intermediate after the 2026-27 school year. The district is consolidating three intermediate schools and realigning all grade configurations to standard structures (elementary prekindergarten through five, middle six through eight, high nine through twelve) starting in 2027-28, with new attendance boundaries to follow. This is a planned institutional change driven by declining enrollment and budget constraints. If a family is enrolling a child now, they should expect the school to transition or close within roughly two years, and future grade progression will move to a different building under the new configuration. The district has also faced recent governance turbulence, including a controversial split proposal in early 2025 that was withdrawn after community pushback. While that specific proposal is off the table, the climate of change and the trust issues it left are context worth understanding as you evaluate the district's stability and direction.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 13% · ▲ 54 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 685%

School 85% · District 54% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 51 pts above state median · ▲ 48 pts above county median

Grade 899%

School 99% · District 56% · ▲ 43 pts above district

▲ 57 pts above state median · ▲ 61 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 586%

School 86% · District 65% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Grade 681%

School 81% · District 67% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Science

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 36% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

This schoolKELLER ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income60%Higher-income89%29 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income71%Higher-income82%11 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income71%32 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income76%Higher-income86%10 pp gap