GRACE R BRANDENBURG INT
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 GRACE R BRANDENBURG INT
Set in DUNCANVILLE, Texas, GRACE R BRANDENBURG INT is a modestly sized middle-grades school, run under DUNCANVILLE ISD. It works with 345 students across grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 46% leaner than typical.
Across the 17 schools in DUNCANVILLE ISD (11,562 students total), GRACE R BRANDENBURG INT accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, GRACE R BRANDENBURG INT reports that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 46% Black, 2% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, GRACE R BRANDENBURG INT has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at GRACE R BRANDENBURG INT qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, GRACE R BRANDENBURG INT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.3%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), GRACE R BRANDENBURG INT is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is VILLAGE TECH SCHOOLS, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRACE R BRANDENBURG INT ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.9%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 36%: 543 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.
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