BRENHAM MIDDLE

As a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in BRENHAM, Texas, BRENHAM MIDDLE enrolls 703 students from grades 5 through 6, part of BRENHAM ISD.

Across the 7 schools in BRENHAM ISD (4,872 students total), BRENHAM MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BRENHAM MIDDLE shows that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 36% White, 20% Black, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the income-and-resources front, BRENHAM MIDDLE records 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BRENHAM MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRENHAM MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Washington County shows median household earnings sit near $77,825, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Washington County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,530 students), of which BRENHAM MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: KRAUSE EL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around BRENHAM MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRENHAM MIDDLE at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

BRENHAM MIDDLE operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRENHAM MIDDLE has shrank 6%, going from 744 students in 2018 to 703 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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