DANBURY EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DANBURY EL
DANBURY EL is a modestly sized elementary campus in DANBURY, Texas, part of DANBURY ISD. The school teaches 297 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 43% leaner than typical.
Across the 3 schools in DANBURY ISD (674 students total), DANBURY EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, DANBURY EL records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 24% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Brazoria County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, DANBURY EL records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Brazoria County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, DANBURY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.3%; this one delivers 46.7%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Brazoria County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,993 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Brazoria County runs 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), of which DANBURY EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: DANBURY MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DANBURY EL at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 53.7%.
DANBURY EL operates from a small-town location.
Looking at the recent track record. DANBURY EL's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 297).
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