Enrollment
232
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Bronte, TX
Bronte Isd
Federal NCES profile for Bronte Isd, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 63/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 481149000623
👥 S:T ratio 67
🌟 Gifted program 70
🎓 Counselors 54
📋 Attendance 63
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Bronte Isd earns 63/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 95% of Texas schools.
- 63
- Resource Index · Higher
- 8.3:1
- small classes for Texas
- 39.1%
- free-lunch eligible
- 232
- students enrolled
Bronte Isd has class sizes smaller than 95% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
8.3:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-44% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
39.1%
vs 61.9% Texas avg
-37% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Bronte Isd compares with Texas and U.S. medians
What stands out at Bronte Isd
Bronte Isd is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Bronte, Texas, enrolling 232 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 8.3:1, Bronte Isd is leaner than roughly 95% of Texas schools and 44% under the state's 14.7:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 39.1% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 232 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 95% of the 8,960 Texas schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Against 466 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #78.
Its student body is predominantly White (80% of enrollment) (diversity index 32/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 232 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
14.7% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
Bronte Isd operates only this one school, so Bronte Isd has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Bronte Isd compares
Bronte Isd on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Texas | Texas avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 8.3:1 | ▼ 44% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 39.1% | ▼ 37% | 61.9% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 232 | top 82% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
8.3:1
Leaner classes than 94% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
232
Bigger than 23% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
39.1%
free-lunch eligible
- 37% below the Texas average of 61.9%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
8.3:1
students per teacher
- 44% below state mean
Top 5% in Texas - lower ratio than 95% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
14.7%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$15,828
per pupil, district-wide
- above Texas avg of $13,644
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 232 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.9 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.9 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 80.2%
Hispanic or Latino 19.0%
Two or More 0.9%
Largest group: White at 80.2% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 32.1/100
Simpson diversity index - at 32.1, Bronte Isd is less mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Bronte Isd, which includes Bronte Isd.
$15,828
Per student
+16%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
-5%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 46.2%
State 43.9%
Federal 10.0%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Texas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~232 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~8.3:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Bronte Isd
How many students attend Bronte Isd?
Bronte Isd has 232 students enrolled. It is a public school in Bronte, TX.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bronte Isd?
The student-teacher ratio at Bronte Isd is 8.3:1, which is 44% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 47% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Bronte Isd?
39.1% of students at Bronte Isd are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Bronte Isd?
The largest demographic group at Bronte Isd is White at 80.2% of enrollment, in Bronte, TX.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Bronte Isd?
Bronte Isd has a Resource Investment Index of 63/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Bronte Isd a good school?
Bronte Isd earns 63/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 95% of Texas schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Bronte Isd?
None reported; Bronte Isd operates only Bronte Isd as a public school district in NCES's records.
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