BRYANT EL

BRYANT EL is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in ARLINGTON, Texas, operated by ARLINGTON ISD, hosting 462 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 75 schools in ARLINGTON ISD (53,394 students total), BRYANT EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BRYANT EL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 35% Black, 12% Asian, 8% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BRYANT EL records 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRYANT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 42.3%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), BRYANT EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BARNETT J H, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRYANT EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRYANT EL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

BRYANT EL operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 530 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 29% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.