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Bryan, Texas - 25 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Bryan Isd #556 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,301 per pupil, Bryan Isd ranks #719 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
16,036
Total Enrollment
25
Schools
$12,301
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bryan Isd operates 25 public schools serving 16,036 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 18 combined, 3 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Brazos County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,301 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 53.9% local, 28.3% state, and 17.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #556 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 25 schools offering Advanced Placement (42 AP courses district-wide), a 395.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.8% African American, 18.0% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mitchell El, with a diversity index of 70.9/100.
Its largest campus is Travis B Bryan H S, enrolling 2,426 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Brazos County Jjaep, at 9 students, a 270x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Travis B Bryan H S accounts for 15.1% of all Bryan Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Bryan Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Bryan Isd school enrollment varies 270× across entities
Bryan Isd school enrollment ranges from 9 students (lowest) to 2,426 students (highest), a spread of 2,417 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bryan Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 75.2% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Bryan Isd student-counselor ratio is 396:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Bryan Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 23.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Bryan Isd is typically wider than the Bryan Isd-aggregate figure suggests.