JOE K BRYANT EL

JOE K BRYANT EL, a big elementary campus in ANNA, Texas, one of the schools within ANNA ISD, educates 861 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so JOE K BRYANT EL sits 66% above that benchmark.

ANNA ISD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 6,038 students. JOE K BRYANT EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, JOE K BRYANT EL logs that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 27% Black, 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting JOE K BRYANT EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JOE K BRYANT EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 53.0%; this one comes in at 38.8%, -14.2 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Collin County reports that median household income runs about $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. JOE K BRYANT EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

The closest other public school is ANNA H S, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOE K BRYANT EL. On composite proficiency, JOE K BRYANT EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOE K BRYANT EL has climbed 31%, going from 658 students in 2018 to 861 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 10% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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