BRUNDRETT MIDDLE

BRUNDRETT MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of one-room-style scale in PORT ARANSAS, Texas, run under PORT ARANSAS ISD, hosting 119 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 81% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

PORT ARANSAS ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 585 students. BRUNDRETT MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BRUNDRETT MIDDLE lists that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest looks like 23% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 46% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BRUNDRETT MIDDLE has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BRUNDRETT MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nueces County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, BRUNDRETT MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.6%, the actual is 61.1%, a residual of +1.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Nueces County shows median household income runs about $66,897, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Nueces County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), of which BRUNDRETT MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is OLSEN EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BRUNDRETT MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, BRUNDRETT MIDDLE comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRUNDRETT MIDDLE has increased 20%, going from 99 students in 2018 to 119 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 18% to 23% over that span.

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