JAMES EARL RUDDER H S

JAMES EARL RUDDER H S is a large four-year high school in BRYAN, Texas, one of the schools within BRYAN ISD. The school teaches 1,697 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so JAMES EARL RUDDER H S sits 113% larger than that benchmark.

JAMES EARL RUDDER H S is one of 26 schools operated by BRYAN ISD, a district that teaches 16,044 students overall.

Looking at the student body, JAMES EARL RUDDER H S shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Black, 14% White. By comparison, Brazos County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, JAMES EARL RUDDER H S has 128 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Brazos County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JAMES EARL RUDDER H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.2%, the actual is 31.0%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Brazos County indicate median household income runs about $58,553, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Brazos County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,430 students), JAMES EARL RUDDER H S is one campus in the mix.

MITCHELL EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JAMES EARL RUDDER H S comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. JAMES EARL RUDDER H S's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,649 (now 1,697). Hispanic enrollment moved from 53% to 65% across the same window.

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