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Jones Elementary/Intermediate School

201 N ANN ST, BRACKETTVILLE, TX 78832 · (830) 563-2492 · Kinney County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Texas public elementary schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools

Enrollment
244
Elementary
DISTRICT 174 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
150 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K229%
Kindergarten3213%
Grade 14318%
Grade 22912%
Grade 34016%
Grade 44016%
Grade 53816%

This year's kindergarten class (32) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).

Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
6225%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 24% · US 43%
Hispanic
18074%
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 54% · US 30%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
11949%
Female
12551%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Jones Elementary/Intermediate School→Brackett Junior High School→Brackett High School
Based on grade levels within BRACKETT ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.

Performance levels, 2025-26

SubjectMasters Grade LevelMeets Grade LevelApproaches Grade LevelDid Not Meet Grade Level
Reading14.0%34.0%32.0%20.0%
Mathematics8.0%25.0%32.0%35.0%
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.

STAAR results by year

School yearReadingMathematics
2025-2648.0%33.0%
2024-2545.0%42.0%
2023-2451.0%49.0%
2022-2320.0%40.0%
2021-2240.0%60.0%
2020-2133.0%33.0%
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Jones Elementary/Intermediate School

Jones Elementary/Intermediate School's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Jones Elementary/Intermediate School this school24461.5%41.8%
Edwin F Williams Intermediate School
PERRYTON
29364.2%52.6%
Travis Primary School
SULPHUR SPRINGS
25355.7%55.5%
Plains Elementary School
PLAINS
20164.7%30.6%
Center Point Elementary School
CENTER POINT
26966.5%35.3%
Hp Webb Elementary School
OLTON
29167.0%36.3%
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Jones Elementary/Intermediate School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Texas
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
41.8%#2,353 of 4,401
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
33.0%#3,630 of 4,466
▼ 1,212
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#2,718 of 4,466
▲ 267
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+10.5pp#1,364 of 3,998
Enrollment
ranked largest first
244#4,478 of 4,938
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.5:1#537 of 4,622
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
39.1%#3,100 of 4,628
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
61.5%#3,046 of 4,789
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-13.5%#1,727 of 2,838
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
244
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 10.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2524419.512.5:161% (150)
2023-2424820.212.3:166% (164)
2022-2326622.311.9:166% (175)
2020-212402410.0:166% (159)
2017-1828222.212.7:163% (178)
2015-163012114.3:167% (201)
2010-113292314.3:172% (236)
2000-013682813.1:173% (268)
1990-913142114.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones Elementary/Intermediate School.

Since 2017-18: students down 13% (282 to 244); teachers down 12% (22.2 to 19.5).

About Jones Elementary/Intermediate School

Jones Elementary/Intermediate School serves students in BRACKETTVILLE, Texas, as a low-enrollment elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 244 students. The school is 53% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.

BRACKETT ISD, which runs Jones Elementary/Intermediate School, has 3 schools and 521 students.

The student body at Jones Elementary/Intermediate School is 74% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 25% White. Among all residents of Kinney County, the Hispanic share is about 58%. A diversity index of 39% means there is a 39% chance two randomly chosen students at Jones Elementary/Intermediate School are from different groups.

Based on 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Jones Elementary/Intermediate School has a ratio of 12.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kinney County average a similar 58%.

On the allk12 Grade, Jones Elementary/Intermediate School lands at C+, ahead of 40% of Texas public elementary schools.

On BeatsExpectations, Jones Elementary/Intermediate School is 5.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.

Kinney County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $70,000 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Jones Elementary/Intermediate School shares Kinney County with 2 other public schools.

Brackett High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Jones Elementary/Intermediate School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Jones Elementary/Intermediate School holds 2 other public schools. The school's 41.8% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.

Jones Elementary/Intermediate School falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.

Federal data show 240 students in 2020-21 and 244 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 12.5 students per teacher, compared with 10.0 in 2020-21.

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Kinney County at a glance

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Population
3,157
Census ACS
Median income
$70,000
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
521 students

Quick facts

School name
Jones Elementary/Intermediate School
District
BRACKETT ISD
Address
201 N ANN ST, BRACKETTVILLE, TX 78832
Phone
(830) 563-2492
County
Kinney County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
244
Teachers (FTE)
20
Student–teacher ratio
12.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
150 (61%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
481107000573
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Jones Elementary/Intermediate School
What is the total enrollment at Jones Elementary/Intermediate School?
Jones Elementary/Intermediate School enrolls approximately 244 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jones Elementary/Intermediate School serve?
Jones Elementary/Intermediate School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jones Elementary/Intermediate School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Jones Elementary/Intermediate School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jones Elementary/Intermediate School?
At Jones Elementary/Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 74% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Jones Elementary/Intermediate School public or private?
Jones Elementary/Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BRACKETT ISD.
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