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Enrollment
566
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURLESON ISD·NCES 481218009319
Richard Bransom Elementary School
820 S HURST, BURLESON, TX 76028 · (817) 245-3600 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
205 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 63% · US 70%
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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
67.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 32.0% | 19.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 30.0% | 19.0% | 22.0% |
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 year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 67.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 60.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 71.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Richard Bransom Elementary School
Richard Bransom Elementary School's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Bransom Elementary School this school | 566 | 36.2% | 58.6% |
| China Spring Elementary School WACO | 613 | 37.4% | 57.7% |
| G W Robinson SEABROOK | 536 | 32.8% | 57.0% |
| North Ridge Elementary School NORTH RICHLAND HILLS | 510 | 36.7% | 63.5% |
| Tom R Ellisor Elementary School MAGNOLIA | 569 | 32.7% | 56.3% |
| Audubon Elementary School MAGNOLIA | 509 | 38.1% | 61.8% |
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 Richard Bransom Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #836 of 4,401 | #7 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #991 of 4,466 ▼ 20 | #8 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #870 of 4,466 ▼ 143 | #5 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,916 of 3,998 | #17 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #1,894 of 4,938 | #11 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,440 of 4,622 | #9 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #1,867 of 4,628 | #16 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #4,067 of 4,789 | #29 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #1,259 of 1,307 | #9 of 9 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
566
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 566 | 40.7 | 13.9:1 | 36% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 40.8 | 14.3:1 | 34% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 580 | 38.8 | 15.0:1 | 35% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 25% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 41.1 | 13.7:1 | 30% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 34% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 31% (143) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Bransom Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (562 to 566); teachers down 1% (41.1 to 40.7).
About Richard Bransom Elementary School
Families in BURLESON, Texas, are served by Richard Bransom Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 566 students.
Richard Bransom Elementary School is one school in BURLESON ISD, a system of 18 schools with 12,759 students.
Federal enrollment data show Richard Bransom Elementary School is 60% White. Next come 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 72% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
The school had 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. The school reported 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Johnson County is 15 points.
In Texas, Richard Bransom Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 58.6% actual against a predicted 58.2%.
Johnson County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $84,859, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 77 public schools in the county, enrolling about 39,004, Richard Bransom Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Richard Bransom Elementary School is closest to Burleson Centennial High School, about 0.9 miles away. Richard Bransom Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Richard Bransom Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 58.6% against a local average of 59.0%.
Richard Bransom Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school's size has been steady, with 580 students in 2020-21 and 566 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,597
Census ACS
Median income
$84,859
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
39,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BURLESON ISD
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Nick Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,218 students
- Hughes Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- Ann Brock El at Oak GroveElementary · 683 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
Other schools in BURLESON
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Nick Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,218 students
- Hughes Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- North Joshua Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Burleson Centennial High School0.9 mi · 2,061
- Nick Kerr Middle School0.9 mi · 1,218
- Academy at Nola Dunn1.2 mi · 668
- Norwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 425
- Crossroads High School1.2 mi · 84
- William Stribling Elementary School1.6 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About Richard Bransom Elementary SchoolHow large is Richard Bransom Elementary School?
Richard Bransom Elementary School enrolls approximately 566 students in grades PK-05.
Is Richard Bransom Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richard Bransom Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Richard Bransom Elementary School have?
Richard Bransom Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Richard Bransom Elementary School?
Richard Bransom Elementary School reports a student body of 60% White, 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Richard Bransom Elementary School?
Richard Bransom Elementary School is overseen by BURLESON ISD in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.