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Enrollment
947
Elementary
DISTRICT 719 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRVING ISD·NCES 482442002717
Brandenburg Elementary School
2800 HILLCREST DR, IRVING, TX 75062 · (972) 600-7100 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL947 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
768 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 78 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 174 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Brandenburg Elementary School
Brandenburg Elementary School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandenburg Elementary School this school | 947 | 81.1% | 36.3% |
| Lost Pines Elementary School BASTROP | 896 | 82.3% | 21.7% |
| General Douglas Macarthur PK-8 EL PASO | 889 | 76.8% | 39.5% |
| Desert Hills Elementary School EL PASO | 928 | 81.1% | 37.8% |
| Cullen Place Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 923 | 81.1% | 38.0% |
| Lively Elementary School IRVING | 794 | 83.4% | 24.3% |
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 Brandenburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #3,032 of 4,401 | #239 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,066 of 4,466 ▲ 1,088 | #166 of 429 ▲ 127 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #3,469 of 4,466 ▼ 39 | #316 of 429 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #935 of 3,998 | #69 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 947 | #137 of 4,938 | #6 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,531 of 4,622 | #333 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #3,562 of 4,628 | #341 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #1,874 of 4,789 | #277 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #702 of 1,307 | #63 of 118 |
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
947
+98 (+12%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 771
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 947 | 57.9 | 16.4:1 | 81% (768) |
| 2023-24 | 938 | 55.9 | 16.8:1 | 79% (742) |
| 2022-23 | 910 | 55.8 | 16.3:1 | 87% (792) |
| 2020-21 | 849 | 52 | 16.3:1 | 79% (669) |
| 2017-18 | 850 | 50 | 17.0:1 | 75% (638) |
| 2015-16 | 848 | 54 | 15.7:1 | 81% (686) |
| 2010-11 | 913 | 56 | 16.3:1 | 80% (728) |
| 2000-01 | 835 | 62 | 13.5:1 | 66% (547) |
| 1990-91 | 771 | 36 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brandenburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (850 to 947); teachers up 16% (50 to 57.9).
About Brandenburg Elementary School
Located in IRVING, Texas, Brandenburg Elementary School is a large elementary school. Total enrollment is 947 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
Brandenburg Elementary School is one of the 37 schools that make up IRVING ISD (31,918 students in total).
Hispanic students are 86% of those enrolled at Brandenburg Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 7% White and 5% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Dallas County's population at about 41%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.
Its staff includes 57.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.4 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Brandenburg Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 81%.
In Texas, Brandenburg Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 36.3% actual against a predicted 39.1%.
For the population of Dallas County, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Dallas County, 771 public schools serve about 459,645 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Travis Middle School, is the closest to Brandenburg Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 36.3% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 947 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 849.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IRVING ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 2,484 students
- Irving High SchoolHigh · 2,390 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,343 students
- Jack E Singley AcademyHigh · 1,697 students
- Travis Middle SchoolMiddle · 936 students
- Farine Elementary SchoolElementary · 916 students
Other schools in IRVING
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 2,484 students
- Irving High SchoolHigh · 2,390 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,343 students
- Jack E Singley AcademyHigh · 1,697 students
- Great Hearts Irving UpperHigh · 937 students
- Travis Middle SchoolMiddle · 936 students
Nearby schools
- Travis Middle School0.4 mi · 936
- Universal Academy0.4 mi · 623
- Lee Elementary School0.6 mi · 717
- Farine Elementary School0.7 mi · 916
- Macarthur High School0.7 mi · 2,484
- Crockett Middle School1.0 mi · 754
Frequently asked questions
About Brandenburg Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brandenburg Elementary School?
Brandenburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 947 students in grades PK-05.
Is Brandenburg Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brandenburg Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Brandenburg Elementary School have?
Brandenburg Elementary School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Brandenburg Elementary School?
Student demographics at Brandenburg Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 86% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Brandenburg Elementary School in?
Brandenburg Elementary School is part of IRVING ISD.
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