ANSON JONES EL

Set in BRYAN, Texas, ANSON JONES EL is an average-sized K-5 school, overseen by BRYAN ISD. It instructs 695 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 34% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

ANSON JONES EL is one of 26 schools operated by BRYAN ISD, a district that teaches 16,044 students overall.

In terms of who attends, ANSON JONES EL logs that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 8% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, ANSON JONES EL lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Brazos County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ANSON JONES EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Brazos County put median household earnings sit near $58,553, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Brazos County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,430 students), ANSON JONES EL is one campus in the mix.

THE MARY CATHERINE HARRIS SCHOOL-SCHOOL OF CHOICE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ANSON JONES EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ANSON JONES EL has ticked up 19%, going from 582 students in 2018 to 695 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 12% to 8% over that span.

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