Bill Brown El, Spring Branch TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Bill Brown El

Bill Brown Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Spring Branch, a growing area of Comal County north of New Braunfels. The school enrolls a small-to-mid-sized cohort of students, roughly three-quarters white and about a quarter Hispanic, with a modest share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school sits within Comal ISD, a district experiencing rapid growth that has triggered multiple attendance boundary changes and driven two recent bond cycles to build new schools.

In state testing, Bill Brown shows solid proficiency across grades three through five in both English language arts and math. In English language arts, the school's performance strengthens as students progress: third graders' proficiency stands at a solid level, fourth graders perform well above that mark, and fifth graders reach a high level of proficiency. Math proficiency is consistent across the grade band, with fourth and fifth graders showing slightly stronger results than third graders. Science proficiency in fifth grade falls below the performance in reading and math, a pattern a parent may want to explore with the school. Overall, the school's proficiency rate across all tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile among the districts in Comal County.

The school does not report separate data on students with individualized education plans or English learners, so the scale of those populations and any specialized supports they receive are not visible from the available information. This is typical for elementary schools in Texas, where such data is often reported at the district level. A parent with a child in special education or learning English should contact the school directly to understand what services and staff are in place.

Housing in the Spring Branch zip code is moderately priced relative to state and national benchmarks, and home values have remained broadly stable while mortgage rates remain elevated. The area is part of a larger pattern of development in Comal County driven by growth northward from San Antonio, and the district has been actively managing capacity through both new construction and boundary realignments. The most recent shift was the opening of Mayfair Elementary in fall 2025, funded by the May 2023 bond. A new middle school is scheduled for the same development in August 2027. For families already living in Bill Brown's zone or considering a move into the area, the school's consistent, above-average proficiency offers a stable academic foundation in a district actively investing in capacity to match enrollment growth.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 372%

School 72% · District 63% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 476%

School 76% · District 60% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 577%

School 77% · District 62% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 376%

School 76% · District 28% · ▲ 48 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 488%

School 88% · District 69% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 591%

School 91% · District 73% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Science

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 0% · ▲ 65 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

This schoolCOMAL 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 3Lower-income67%Higher-income78%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income79%Higher-income89%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income81%Higher-income93%12 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income61%Higher-income73%12 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income58%Higher-income78%20 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income62%Higher-income80%18 pp gap