JOHN AND LYNN BRAWNER EL

JOHN AND LYNN BRAWNER EL, an average-sized elementary-level community in GRANBURY, Texas, part of GRANBURY ISD, educates 751 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 45% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within GRANBURY ISD, which oversees 10 schools and 7,962 students, JOHN AND LYNN BRAWNER EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, JOHN AND LYNN BRAWNER EL shows that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 44% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Hood County's rate of about 51%.

After controlling for student poverty, JOHN AND LYNN BRAWNER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hood County put median household earnings sit near $88,160, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hood County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,530 students), of which JOHN AND LYNN BRAWNER EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: EMMA ROBERSON EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHN AND LYNN BRAWNER EL at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 48.5%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 83%: 410 students in 2018 compared to 751 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 57% to 50%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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