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BRANSFORD EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BRANSFORD EL
BRANSFORD EL, a moderately sized K-5 school in COLLEYVILLE, Texas, one of the schools within GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD, teaches 454 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
BRANSFORD EL is one of 20 schools operated by GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD, a district that serves 13,541 students overall.
In terms of who attends, BRANSFORD EL logs that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BRANSFORD EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 10% of students at BRANSFORD EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRANSFORD EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.4%.
Around the school, census data for Tarrant County shows median household income runs about $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. BRANSFORD EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
Nearest neighbor: COLLEYVILLE EL, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BRANSFORD EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.4%.
BRANSFORD EL operates from an outer-ring location.
Trend over the last 7 years. BRANSFORD EL's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 454). Over the same period, the White share expanded from 69% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.
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