BRANDENBURG EL

As a roomy K-5 school in IRVING, Texas, BRANDENBURG EL hosts 947 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of IRVING ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BRANDENBURG EL sits 82% above that benchmark.

BRANDENBURG EL is one of 37 schools operated by IRVING ISD, a district that teaches 31,918 students overall.

On the student-mix side, BRANDENBURG EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). The remainder is composed of 7% White, 5% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, BRANDENBURG EL lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, BRANDENBURG EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.5%; this one delivers 35.5%.

Around the school, census data for Dallas County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), BRANDENBURG EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TRAVIS MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRANDENBURG EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRANDENBURG EL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRANDENBURG EL has climbed 11%, going from 850 students in 2018 to 947 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 76% to 86%.

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