Danbury Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (47).
School pathway
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 55 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 42.0% | 24.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 37.0% | 26.0% | 11.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 66.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 11.0% | 33.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% 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%.
Schools most like Danbury Elementary School
Danbury Elementary School's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danbury Elementary School this school | 297 | 33.3% | 54.8% |
| Lawn Elementary School LAWN | 296 | 31.1% | 77.8% |
| Puckett Elementary School AMARILLO | 316 | 32.0% | 63.5% |
| Holland Elementary School HOLLAND | 316 | 38.0% | 61.1% |
| Lorene Smith Kirkpatrick Elementary School MAYPEARL | 342 | 32.5% | 44.2% |
| Olsen Elementary School PORT ARANSAS | 263 | 37.3% | 57.3% |
Where Danbury Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #1,091 of 4,401 | #22 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #759 of 4,466 ▼ 360 | #16 of 52 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #935 of 4,466 ▲ 33 | #15 of 52 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +35.5pp | #69 of 3,998 | #4 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #4,212 of 4,938 | #52 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,083 of 4,622 | #23 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #2,929 of 4,628 | #49 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #4,137 of 4,789 | #48 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #1,739 of 2,838 | #18 of 34 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 297 | 20.4 | 14.6:1 | 33% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 22.9 | 12.8:1 | 41% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 27.9 | 11.6:1 | 38% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 26 | 11.4:1 | 36% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 24.3 | 14.1:1 | 34% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 34% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 33% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 26% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 9 | 31.1:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (343 to 297); teachers down 16% (24.3 to 20.4).
About Danbury Elementary School
Danbury Elementary School is an elementary school in DANBURY, Texas, according to federal school records. It had 297 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 43% lower.
DANBURY ISD is the local district for Danbury Elementary School. It runs 3 schools with 674 students.
The share of White students at Danbury Elementary School is 72%, a majority. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Brazoria County is about 48% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Danbury Elementary School totals 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Danbury Elementary School is about 33%. Among public schools in Brazoria County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Danbury Elementary School is 4.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 54.8%. Predicted: 59.5%.
Brazoria County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $97,993 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Brazoria County number 115, with about 75,767 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Danbury Middle School, is the closest to Danbury Elementary School. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Danbury Elementary School. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Danbury Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 297, close to the 296 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.6 students per teacher, compared with 11.4 in 2020-21.
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