Sam Rayburn, Bryan TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Sam Rayburn

Sam Rayburn is a middle grades campus serving fifth and sixth graders in Bryan, with an enrollment spread evenly between the two grades. The school sits in Bryan, the county seat of Brazos County and a regional commercial hub anchored by Texas A&M, major manufacturers in industrial parks, and a historic downtown that has grown as an arts and entertainment district.

The student body is diverse and economically challenged. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By race and ethnicity, the enrollment is split roughly between Hispanic and white students, with a meaningful share of Black students and smaller numbers of Asian and multiracial students. Data on the counts of students in special education or English learner programs was not available.

On state assessments, Sam Rayburn's performance is mixed and overall runs below the midpoint among Brazos County's districts. In English language arts, the school shows its strongest results, with sixth graders demonstrating proficiency at a higher rate than fifth graders. Fifth-grade reading proficiency stands at a respectable level, while sixth-grade performance is solid. In math, results are weaker. Fifth graders show proficiency in math at a moderate rate, while sixth graders fall below that, with a notably lower share meeting the proficiency bar. Science proficiency in fifth grade is the lowest area, with less than a third of students meeting the standard. Social studies data was last available from several years ago and showed proficiency at a very low level, though this result may not reflect current instruction.

On the Texas scale that measures students meeting standards, approaching standards, or mastering standards, the school shows that most students are approaching or meeting benchmarks across subjects, but the share reaching the mastery level is small across all tested areas, particularly in math and social studies. ELA performance leans slightly more toward mastery than math does.

The school is a regular public campus with no magnet designation or charter status. It operates as part of Bryan ISD's larger system of campuses spread across the city rather than concentrated in a single downtown location. Housing in the Bryan area is moderately priced relative to the state benchmark and affordable for many households, though rental costs have risen and represent a meaningful share of median household income in the area. The local economy is broad-based, with Texas A&M and health systems as anchors alongside industrial employers and growing residential communities at the city's edges.

A parent considering Sam Rayburn should view this as a school where reading is the relative strength and where students from economically stretched families make up the majority of the population. Math proficiency gaps are notable enough that families with students who struggle in that subject may want to look into what support and intervention structures the school has in place. The results suggest that while most students are making academic progress, pushing into advanced proficiency levels remains a challenge across the campus, and parents interested in accelerated or advanced pathways should ask the school directly about what those options look like at this grade band.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 0% · ▲ 40 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 632%

School 32% · District 23% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 50% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 654%

School 54% · District 40% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 23% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · even with county median

Social studies

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 15% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolBRYAN 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 5Lower-income35%Higher-income70%35 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income42%Higher-income74%32 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income14%Higher-income43%29 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income19%Higher-income60%41 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income29%Higher-income66%37 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income23%Higher-income48%25 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income17%Higher-income36%19 pp gap