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Enrollment
695
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRYAN ISD·NCES 481179021135
Anson Jones Elementary School
1400 PECAN ST, BRYAN, TX 77803 · (979) 209-3900 · Brazos County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
655 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 119 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 22% smaller than its 4th grade class (125).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 35.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 39.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Anson Jones Elementary School
Anson Jones Elementary School's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anson Jones Elementary School this school | 695 | 94.2% | 40.4% |
| Speer Elementary School ARLINGTON | 682 | 95.3% | 23.5% |
| El Magnet at Blackshear ODESSA | 715 | 92.2% | 31.0% |
| Dover Elementary School RICHARDSON | 698 | 96.6% | 24.0% |
| Best Elementary School HOUSTON | 655 | 93.0% | 23.9% |
| South Elementary School MIDLAND | 651 | 93.2% | 32.6% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Anson Jones Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazos County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,537 of 4,401 | #22 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,593 of 4,466 ▲ 522 | #22 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,978 of 4,466 ▼ 796 | #28 of 28 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.0pp | #289 of 3,998 | #4 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #951 of 4,938 | #3 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,498 of 4,622 | #21 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #3,652 of 4,628 | #26 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #597 of 4,789 | #3 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.4% | #435 of 1,307 | #3 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
695
+162 (+30%) vs 2020
+39% since 2000-01, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 695 | 46.2 | 15.1:1 | 94% (655) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 46.6 | 13.6:1 | 97% (617) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 96% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 38 | 14.0:1 | 95% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 40.8 | 14.3:1 | 96% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 98% (686) |
| 2010-11 | 763 | 43 | 17.7:1 | 95% (723) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 95% (475) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anson Jones Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (582 to 695); teachers up 13% (40.8 to 46.2).
About Anson Jones Elementary School
Anson Jones Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in BRYAN, Texas. It teaches 695 students in pre-K through 4. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
BRYAN ISD includes 26 schools. Together they enroll 16,044 students.
Anson Jones Elementary School is 87% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 8% Black and 3% White. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Brazos County residents. The diversity index for Anson Jones Elementary School is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 46.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 94%. The gap from the 60% average for public schools in Brazos County is 34 points.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Anson Jones Elementary School is +7.0 points: 40.4% actual, 33.4% predicted.
For Brazos County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $58,553 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Public schools in Brazos County number 53, with about 32,430 students.
The Mary Catherine Harris School-School of Choice, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Anson Jones Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 162 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.0:1 in 2020-21, and 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Anson Jones Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Brazos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
242,311
Census ACS
Median income
$58,553
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
32,430 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BRYAN ISD
- Travis B Bryan High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- James Earl Rudder High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Stephen F AustinMiddle · 1,177 students
- Arthur L Davila Middle SchoolMiddle · 983 students
- Jane LongMiddle · 895 students
- Sam RayburnMiddle · 728 students
Other schools in BRYAN
- Travis B Bryan High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- James Earl Rudder High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Stephen F AustinMiddle · 1,177 students
- Arthur L Davila Middle SchoolMiddle · 983 students
- Jane LongMiddle · 895 students
- Sam RayburnMiddle · 728 students
Other Anson Jones Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Anson Jones Elementary. Anson Jones Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Anson Jones Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 539 students
Nearby schools
- The Mary Catherine Harris School-School of Choice0.2 mi · 195
- Disciplinary Alternative Educational Progam (daep)0.2 mi · 81
- Arrow Academy - Save Our Streets Center0.6 mi · 123
- Brazos County JJAEP1.1 mi · 9
- Brazos Co Juvenile Detention Center1.1 mi · 23
- Fannin Elementary School1.1 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Anson Jones Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Anson Jones Elementary School?
Anson Jones Elementary School enrolls approximately 695 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Anson Jones Elementary School serve?
Anson Jones Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Anson Jones Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Anson Jones Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Anson Jones Elementary School?
At Anson Jones Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 87% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Anson Jones Elementary School in?
Anson Jones Elementary School is part of BRYAN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.