BRADY EL

BRADY EL, a medium-sized primary school in BRADY, Texas, overseen by BRADY ISD, works with 458 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 3 schools in BRADY ISD (935 students total), BRADY EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BRADY EL shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 43% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of McCulloch County's rate of about 62%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRADY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.6%; this one delivers 42.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (McCulloch County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $54,043 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, McCulloch County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,218 students), of which BRADY EL is one.

The closest other public school is BRADY H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BRADY EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRADY EL has edged down 24%, going from 606 students in 2018 to 458 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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