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BRYSON EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 BRYSON EL
BRYSON EL operates as a mid-tier primary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, operated by EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD. Current enrollment sits at 577 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 32 schools in EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD (23,982 students total), BRYSON EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, BRYSON EL logs that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 27% White, 19% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BRYSON EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BRYSON EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRYSON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.8%.
Around the school, Tarrant County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. BRYSON EL is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
Nearest neighbor: WAYSIDE MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRYSON EL. On composite proficiency, BRYSON EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 18%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 577 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 48% to 27%. Class-load math has rose: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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