NEAL EL

Set in BRYAN, Texas, NEAL EL is a close-knit primary school, one of the schools within BRYAN ISD. It hosts 323 students across grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 38% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 26 schools in BRYAN ISD (16,044 students total), NEAL EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, NEAL EL logs that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 17% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Brazos County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Brazos County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NEAL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.6%; this one delivers 37.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Brazos County) reports that median household earnings sit near $58,553, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), NEAL EL is one campus in the mix.

KEMP-CARVER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEAL EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 426 students in 2018 compared to 323 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 21% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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