Bear Creek Elementary is in the Austin ISD and earned a 10/10 rating from Great School’s as of November 2026. The campus sits at 12801 Escarpment Blvd. in Southwest Austin’s 78739 zip code, in the Avana neighborhood near Circle C Ranch, and serves Pre-K through 5th grade. Bear Creek was not part of Austin ISD’s November 2025 consolidation plan, so its attendance zone did not change for 2026-27. The whole zone feeds Gorzycki Middle School and Bowie High School. Scroll down to read more about homes near Bear Creek Elementary School.
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Bear Creek Elementary School Snapshot
- Address: 12801 Escarpment Blvd., Austin, TX 78739
- Phone: (512) 414-0040
- School District: Austin ISD
- Grades Served: Pre-K through 5th grade
- Enrollment: 522 students (2025-26)
- Student-Teacher Ratio: 14.3:1
- Principal: Theressa Lewis
- School Hours: 7:40 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. (doors open 7:15 a.m.)
- Mascot: the Cubs
- Opened: 2020
- GreatSchools Rating: It is 10/10 as of November 2026.
Bear Creek was the first new school built under Austin ISD’s 2017 bond, a $36.3 million campus that opened in August 2020 at Escarpment Blvd. and Trissino Dr. It is named for Bear Creek, which runs through a small canyon about half a mile south of the campus, and its classroom wings are named after animals. In 2025-26, Bear Creek enrolled 522 students, with 3.6% economically disadvantaged, 18.8% emergent bilingual and 17.2% receiving special education services, according to TEA. Under the 2022 bond, a planned classroom addition was redirected to outdoor play and learning space, including an expanded playground, grading and drainage work and perimeter fencing, because enrollment projections no longer called for more classrooms. GreatSchools and TEA measure different things. GreatSchools weighs test results against schools with similar student populations, while TEA’s rating, below, is the state’s official accountability measure.
Academic Performance: Texas Education Agency Accountability Rating
In TEA’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, released in August 2026, Bear Creek Elementary earned an overall A with a score of 94. That is up 1 point from an A (93) in 2024-25. Bear Creek has been an A campus in four of the last five rated years, scoring 95 in 2021-22 and 93 in 2022-23, with a single B (89) in 2023-24.
- Overall TEA Rating (2025-26): A (94)
- Student Achievement: A, 94 out of 100 (based on STAAR performance)
- School Progress: A, 93 out of 100 (Academic Growth A/93, Relative Performance B/80)
- Closing the Gaps: A, 93 out of 100
- Prior Overall Ratings: A (95) in 2021-22, A (93) in 2022-23, B (89) in 2023-24, A (93) in 2024-25
- Austin ISD (2025-26): B (81) district-wide
Under TEA’s scale, an A reflects exemplary performance, B is recognized, C is acceptable, D needs improvement, and F is unacceptable. Bear Creek earned A ratings in all three domains in 2025-26. Student Achievement, the share of students meeting STAAR standards, was an A (94), up from 93. School Progress rose from 91 to an A (93), with Academic Growth at 93 and Relative Performance, which compares results with schools serving similar shares of economically disadvantaged students, at a B (80), its highest score in five years. Closing the Gaps, which measures results for student groups, was an A (93). Relative Performance has been the campus’s weakest measure, dipping to a D (69) in 2023-24, the year the overall rating slipped to a B. Bear Creek earned a Comparative Closing the Gaps distinction in 2021-22 and none since, and it is not identified for state improvement support.
Source: Texas Education Agency accountability summaries for Bear Creek Elementary (campus 227901195), 2022 through 2026 (2025-26 ratings released August 2026). The 2022-23 and 2023-24 ratings were delayed by litigation and released in 2025. TEA issues updated ratings annually, so verify the current rating directly with Austin ISD or TEA before making a decision based on it.
Programs at Bear Creek Elementary
These are the programs Austin ISD and the Bear Creek campus list for this school. Bear Creek’s campus site does not describe a dual language program; about 16.5% of students were in Bilingual/ESL programs in 2025-26, according to TEA, so ask the school how those services are delivered.
- Pre-K: Bear Creek has Pre-K 4 on campus; TEA counted 39 Pre-K 4 students and no Pre-K 3 students in 2025-26.
- Gifted and Talented: Identified students are served through Austin ISD’s cluster-grouping GT model in regular classrooms, and 15.1% of students were identified GT in 2025-26 (TEA). The campus posts a 2026-27 referral window of Aug. 18 to Oct. 16 and a nonverbal universal screener for all 2nd graders.
- Special education and dyslexia: The campus lists inclusion teachers, two dyslexia interventionists (including a Licensed Dyslexia Therapist) and an SBS/SCORES teacher, Austin ISD’s structured behavior support program.
- After-school: On-campus after-school care is run by Circle C Child Development Center (its C.R.E.W. program), and vendors offer paid enrichment such as soccer, chess, coding, Lego robotics, piano and art classes.
- Student leadership: 5th graders can join Safety Patrol, which helps at morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up; 4th graders train in the spring.
- PTA and CAC: An active PTA with a full 2026-27 executive board, plus a Campus Advisory Council that meets monthly in the library.
No program moves were announced for Bear Creek in 2026-27. For current details on Pre-K, gifted and talented services, special education, after-school care or the monthly campus tours, contact Bear Creek Elementary at (512) 414-0040.
Where is Bear Creek Elementary School?
Bear Creek Elementary is located at:
12801 Escarpment Blvd.
Austin, TX 78739
Bear Creek Elementary Attendance Zone Map
Bear Creek’s zone covers part of the Circle C Ranch area in 78739, including Avana, Greyrock Ridge, Esquel and Circle C Ranch Phase B sections 11, 14 and 15 and Tract 8A. The campus transportation page says bus service is provided for Circle C residents north of SH 45 and for Greyrock Ridge residents. The zone did not change for 2026-27.
Austin ISD plans Phase 1 boundary changes for 2027-28, with a board vote expected in fall 2026, and a district-wide boundary and feeder realignment for fall 2028, so confirm any address with Austin ISD’s school finder before buying.
Homes Zoned to Bear Creek Elementary: Market Stats
The figures below cover single-family homes sold through Unlock MLS whose addresses fall inside Bear Creek Elementary’s 2026-27 attendance zone, based on Austin ISD’s official SY 2026-27 boundary map, not the school typed into each listing. Most sales were in Avana and Greyrock Ridge, with the rest in Circle C Ranch Phase B and Esquel. Of the zone’s 177 sales since September 2022, 23 were tagged in MLS with Kiker, Clayton or Baranoff Elementary, so the MLS school field does not always match the current boundary.
3-Year Closed Sales Trend
| Period | Homes Sold | Median Sale Price | Median $/Sq Ft | Sale-to-List Ratio | Median Days on Market |
| Sept 2022 – Aug 2023 | 49 | $860,000 | $319.44 | 97.8% | 22 days |
| Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 | 44 | $875,000 | $312.02 | 97.3% | 17 days |
| Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 | 41 | $847,000 | $309.96 | 99.2% | 20 days |
| Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026) | 43 | $800,000 | $317.96 | 98.4% | 12 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Single-family homes only. Each Austin ISD listing was geocoded and matched to Austin ISD’s SY 2026-27 Bear Creek Elementary attendance boundary, so the figures reflect today’s zone rather than the school typed into each listing.
The median sale price in the Bear Creek zone has eased, from $860,000 in 2022-23 to $800,000 over the trailing twelve months, a change of about -7.0%. Median price per square foot held almost flat, from $319.44 to $317.96 (-0.5%), because the median home sold shrank from 2,959 to 2,765 square feet. Most of the price change reflects smaller homes selling rather than lower values per foot.
Sales volume went from 49 homes in 2022-23 to 43 in the past twelve months. Homes sold quickly: median days on market fell from 22 to 12.5 days, and sellers received a median of 98.4% of their final list price over the past year, up from 97.8%.
Current Inventory Snapshot
As of October 2, 2026
| Status | Count | Median List Price | Median Days on Market |
| Active | 6 | $874,000 | 54 days |
| Active Under Contract | 2 | $669,900 | 34 days |
| Pending | 0 | – | – |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Single-family homes only, same zone method as above.
8 homes are currently active or under contract in the Bear Creek Elementary zone, with none pending. With 6 active listings against about 3.6 sales a month over the past year, the zone has roughly 1.7 months of inventory, a seller’s market.
The median active list price of $874,000 is above the trailing-twelve-month median sale price of $800,000, and active listings have been on the market a median of 53.5 days.
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Neighborhoods Zoned to Bear Creek Elementary
The neighborhoods below have their own guides and are zoned to Bear Creek Elementary for 2026-27. Both Avana and Greyrock Ridge fall entirely inside the zone, and together they account for most of its home sales.
The zone also includes Esquel and Circle C Ranch Phase B sections 11, 14 and 15 and Tract 8A, which don’t have separate guides.
Avana
3-6 beds, 2-6 baths, 1,600-5,200 sqft, Low $600,000s – $1.5MMs
Greyrock Ridge
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,600-3,500 sqft, Low $600,000s – Mid $900,000s
Feeder Middle and High Schools
For 2026-27, the entire Bear Creek zone feeds Gorzycki Middle School and Bowie High School, the same pattern as before the consolidation plan.
Feeder Middle School
- Diane Elaine Gorzycki Middle School
7412 W. Slaughter Lane, Austin, TX 78749
Great Schools Rating: 9/10
Feeder High School
- James Bowie High School
4103 W. Slaughter Ln., Austin, TX 78749
Great Schools Rating: 9/10
Source: Austin ISD’s official SY 2026-27 attendance boundary and school reassignment layers (updated July 30, 2026); shares are based on where the zone’s single-family home sales since Sept 2022 fall. Feeder patterns can change, and Austin ISD plans boundary changes for 2027-28 and a district-wide realignment for fall 2028, so confirm with the district.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ratings and Zoning
Bear Creek earned an A with a score of 94 in TEA’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, released in August 2026. It was an A (93) in 2024-25 and has been an A in four of the last five rated years.
All three domains were A ratings in 2025-26: Student Achievement 94, School Progress 93 and Closing the Gaps 93. Relative Performance rose to 80, its best score in five years.
No. Bear Creek was not part of Austin ISD’s consolidation plan, and it still feeds Gorzycki Middle School and Bowie High School.
Avana and Greyrock Ridge account for most of the zone’s home sales. The zone also includes Esquel and several Circle C Ranch Phase B sections.
Use Austin ISD’s school finder and confirm with the district, since some MLS listings in the area are tagged with Kiker, Clayton or Baranoff. Austin ISD plans Phase 1 boundary changes for 2027-28 and a district-wide realignment for fall 2028.
Programs, Feeder Schools and Home Prices
Yes. Bear Creek has Pre-K 4 on campus, and TEA counted 39 Pre-K 4 students and no Pre-K 3 students in 2025-26. Contact the school for current eligibility.
Circle C Child Development Center runs on-campus after-school care through its C.R.E.W. program. Vendors also offer paid enrichment such as soccer, chess, coding, Lego robotics, piano and art.
The entire zone feeds Gorzycki Middle School and then Bowie High School for 2026-27.
Over the trailing twelve months, 43 single-family homes sold in the zone at a median of $800,000, down about 7.0% from $860,000 in 2022-23. Price per square foot held near $318, because smaller homes made up more of the sales.
As of October 2, 2026, there were 6 active single-family listings in the zone with a median list price of $874,000. That is about 1.7 months of inventory, a seller’s market, and homes sold in a median of 12.5 days over the past year.
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