The top reported proficiency rate is 73% in English language arts. The lowest is 43% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Bee Cave El
Bee Cave Elementary sits on Hamilton Pool Road in the western fringe of the Austin metro, part of Lake Travis ISD. It serves children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and its enrollment places it among the larger elementary campuses for that grade band. The school is a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation, and no Title I status is indicated in the data.
The student body is predominantly white, with Asian students forming a meaningful second group, and smaller shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and Black students. The proportion of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is very small, making this one of the more economically homogeneous elementary campuses you will encounter in Travis County. English learner and special education counts were not available in the data.
On the Texas STAAR assessment, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to districts across Travis County, which is a clear strength against its local peers. Reading out the subject-level picture: third graders score particularly well in ELA, with a strong majority reaching proficiency, and fifth graders also post solid ELA results. Math proficiency in grades three through five runs in a broadly similar range, with most students reaching the meets-grade-level bar across tested grades. The school's approach-grade-level rate across all subjects is high, meaning the vast majority of students are demonstrating at least basic command of tested material. The share reaching the masters level, the top performance tier Texas tracks, is more modest, sitting roughly in the mid-thirties across subjects. Fifth grade science is a softer spot, with fewer than half of tested students reaching proficiency, and that is worth a direct conversation with the school about what support or enrichment looks like in that subject. A small group of students was tested in sixth-grade math, suggesting some students are accelerated into advanced coursework. Trend data covers only a single year, so it is not yet possible to say whether results are improving, holding, or declining.
Because the school ends at fifth grade, graduation rate data does not apply here. That measure belongs to the high school level.
The district context matters for any family thinking long-term. Lake Travis ISD has voter-approved bond funding to build a second high school, though the opening has been pushed back a year and the campus was rescoped in response to enrollment growth coming in slower than projected. Publicly reported information indicates boundary rezoning decisions have also been delayed, which means families cannot yet know with certainty which campus their children will eventually feed into at the middle and high school levels. Separately, the district has been working through operating budget pressures driven by flat state per-pupil funding and declining local property values; prior budget cycles involved cutting vacant positions, and similar pressures are expected going forward. Families may want to ask the district directly how those constraints are affecting staffing and programming at Bee Cave Elementary specifically.
The housing market surrounding the school is among the most expensive in the Austin metro. Home values in the area are well above both the Texas statewide and national benchmarks, and the estimated monthly cost of carrying a home near the school is substantial. Rents are also high. Year-over-year home values have declined modestly from recent peaks, while rents have ticked slightly upward. The price-to-income ratio is markedly elevated by national standards, meaning this is a market that requires significant financial capacity to enter.
Austin broadly is a fast-growing, car-dependent metro with a concentrated walkable core far from this campus. The western edge where Bee Cave Elementary sits is suburban in character, and daily life there is organized around driving. The district's largest employer context reflects Austin's technology and government economy, with major private employers including semiconductor and tech firms anchoring the broader regional labor market.
Program offerings beyond what STAAR results reveal were not available in the data provided. A parent interested in enrichment, arts, or specialist programming would want to ask the school directly.
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