Brady Middle, Brady TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Brady Middle

Brady Middle is a small public middle school in Brady, a rural county-seat town in central Texas. The school sits in the modest enrollment band typical of rural districts, serving students in grades six through eight from the surrounding area.

The academic picture is uneven across the school's grade levels and subjects. In English language arts, proficiency rates are relatively stable across the three grades, with a majority of sixth-graders meeting proficiency but that share declining in seventh grade before recovering somewhat by eighth grade. Math shows sharper variation: sixth graders reach proficiency at a low clip, seventh graders perform even lower, but eighth graders jump to a majority proficient. Science and social studies, tested only in eighth grade, show proficiency rates in the lower-to-middle range. Overall, the school's proficiency index places it above the midpoint among the three districts in McCulloch County, suggesting it performs moderately within its peer set.

The student body is majority white, with a substantial Hispanic population and a smaller Asian and Black enrollment. About two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic circumstances of Brady and surrounding rural communities. Special education enrollment data and English learner enrollment were not available.

Brady itself is a slow-growth town anchored by a historic courthouse square with shops and restaurants, though the school campuses sit on the town's periphery rather than downtown. The local economy centers on health care, county government, retail, agriculture and ranching. Housing is considerably more affordable than state or national medians, and the town supports civic amenities including a main park, a county library, and recreation facilities, though no fixed-route public transit is available. Population has remained relatively flat for decades after peaking in the 1950s.

A parent considering Brady Middle should understand that the school's performance is mixed by grade and subject, with particularly weaker results in seventh-grade math that may warrant discussion with the school about support and progression. The broader context is a rural, economically modest district serving a stable small town, with school facilities on the edge of town rather than within the walkable downtown core.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 630%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 713%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 26 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 52%

even with state median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 51%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Science

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 42%

even with state median

Social studies

Grade 839%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 15 pts above state median

This schoolBRADY ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income35%Higher-income73%38 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income27%Higher-income61%34 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income69%36 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income17%Higher-income46%29 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income12%Higher-income14%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income50%Higher-income84%34 pp gap