BRADFORD EL

Set in SAN ANGELO, Texas, BRADFORD EL is an average-sized primary school, operated by SAN ANGELO ISD. It serves 453 students across grades pre-K through 5.

SAN ANGELO ISD comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 13,448 students; BRADFORD EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, BRADFORD EL reports that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 9% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tom Green County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRADFORD EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.7%; this one comes in at 18.6%, -18.1 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Tom Green County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,370, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BRADFORD EL is one of 81 public schools in Tom Green County (combined enrollment of about 18,896 students).

Nearest neighbor: REAGAN EL, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRADFORD EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRADFORD EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 31.1%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRADFORD EL has rose 14%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 453 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.