HENDERSON EL

HENDERSON EL is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in BRYAN, Texas, overseen by BRYAN ISD, educateing 533 students in grades pre-K through 4.

BRYAN ISD runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 16,044 students. HENDERSON EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, HENDERSON EL records that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 9% Black, 7% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Brazos County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, HENDERSON EL logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Brazos County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HENDERSON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.4%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of +6.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Brazos County shows median household income runs about $58,553, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Brazos County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,430 students), HENDERSON EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - BRYAN, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HENDERSON EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HENDERSON EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.4%.

HENDERSON EL operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 533 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.