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Enrollment
653
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MISSION CISD·NCES 483104003493
Bryan Elementary School
1300 ELM DR, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 323-4800 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
466 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 | 120 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +38.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 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 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 35.0% | 19.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Bryan Elementary School
Bryan Elementary School's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Elementary School this school | 653 | 71.4% | 54.0% |
| Edgemere International School EL PASO | 639 | 71.8% | 52.1% |
| Mims Elementary School MISSION | 673 | 68.9% | 48.2% |
| Lyford Elementary School LYFORD | 658 | 73.4% | 28.3% |
| Barbara Fasken Elementary School LAREDO | 704 | 69.7% | 57.6% |
| IDEA South Flores Academy SAN ANTONIO | 680 | 71.8% | 37.1% |
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 Bryan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,131 of 4,401 | #35 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,083 of 4,466 ▼ 531 | #107 of 183 ▼ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,381 of 4,466 ▼ 457 | #42 of 183 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,541 of 3,998 | #66 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #1,232 of 4,938 | #41 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #3,294 of 4,622 | #96 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.6% | #4,252 of 4,628 | #49 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #2,483 of 4,789 | #171 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #1,878 of 2,838 | #93 of 128 |
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
653
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 653 | 40.8 | 16.0:1 | 71% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 39.8 | 16.4:1 | 72% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 35.8 | 18.2:1 | 71% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 637 | 35 | 18.2:1 | 72% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 741 | 43.2 | 17.1:1 | 64% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 39 | 19.0:1 | 68% (500) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 36 | 19.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 627 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 34 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bryan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (741 to 653); teachers down 6% (43.2 to 40.8).
About Bryan Elementary School
Bryan Elementary School is one of the public schools in MISSION, Texas. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 653 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 26% above average.
MISSION CISD counts 13,765 students in its 22 schools, and Bryan Elementary School is one of them.
Roughly 97% of students at Bryan Elementary School are Hispanic. Other students are 3% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 7%.
With 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Roughly 71% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Hidalgo County report 85%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bryan Elementary School is 10.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 54.0%. Predicted: 43.2%.
In Hidalgo County, median household income comes to about $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hidalgo County counts 364 public schools with about 212,859 students.
Mission Early Learning, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bryan Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 653, compared with 637 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.0:1, from 18.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to Bryan Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MISSION CISD
- Mission High SchoolHigh · 2,154 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- White Junior High SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Alton Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Mission Junior High SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Mims Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
Other schools in MISSION
- Mission High SchoolHigh · 2,154 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
Other Bryan Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Bryan Elementary. Bryan Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Bryan ElementaryBryan, OH · 865 students
- Bryan Elementary SchoolMorris, AL · 697 students
- BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPLANT CITY, FL · 618 students
- BRYAN ELEM.NEVADA, MO · 400 students
- BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCOEUR D'ALENE, ID · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Mission Early Learning0.2 mi · 183
- Mission Junior High School0.9 mi · 711
- Castro Elementary School1.2 mi · 328
- John H Shary Elementary School1.4 mi · 652
- Mission High School1.4 mi · 2,154
- Sharyland High School1.5 mi · 1,527
Frequently asked questions
About Bryan Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bryan Elementary School?
Bryan Elementary School enrolls approximately 653 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bryan Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bryan Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bryan Elementary School have?
Bryan Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Bryan Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bryan Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Bryan Elementary School?
Bryan Elementary School is overseen by MISSION CISD in Hidalgo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.