Bradford El, Iowa Park TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Bradford El

Bradford Elementary serves grades three through five in Iowa Park, a small North Texas town about twelve miles west of Wichita Falls. The school sits in a stable, car-dependent residential community where most families own their homes and where school life sits at the center of civic identity.

The school's academic profile shows mixed performance across subjects and grade levels. In math, proficiency improves notably as students advance: third grade shows roughly half the students at proficiency, while fifth grade reaches a clear majority. English language arts is more consistent, with proficiency hovering around two-thirds across all three grades. Science, tested only in fifth grade, is a softer area, with under half the students reaching proficiency. Across all subjects, a healthy share of fifth graders reach the "meets" level on Texas assessments, suggesting some students are performing solidly. The trend data shows that about nine out of ten students meet at least the "approaches" level statewide minimum across all subjects combined, which indicates the school is catching most students at some level of engagement with the material. Social studies proficiency is modest, with less than half the students meeting the state standard.

The enrollment of about four hundred fifty students is stable, divided fairly evenly across the three grades. Roughly half qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic population and very few students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. English learner and special education enrollment data was not available.

Bradford sits in a town where housing remains affordable relative to state and national benchmarks, and where home ownership is common. The local economy is modest but steady, anchored by health care, transportation and warehousing, and retail trade, with many residents commuting to Wichita Falls or nearby Sheppard Air Force Base for work. Population growth is slow and intentional, with city leadership favoring controlled development over rapid expansion.

The school is one of two elementary schools in Iowa Park CISD, which operates five campuses across the district and employs a substantial staff. No recent major facility projects or curriculum changes affecting the elementary level could be confirmed from available sources. The district maintains schools as integral community anchors, with regular school-hosted events bringing families and neighbors together. A parent may want to look into the school's approach to science instruction and early math support in third grade, since those are the softer proficiency areas shown in the test data.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 65%

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

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 366%

School 66% · District 66%

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

This schoolIOWA PARK CISD, 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-income46%Higher-income80%34 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income61%Higher-income77%16 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income54%Higher-income68%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income31%Higher-income65%34 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income54%Higher-income74%20 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income71%Higher-income77%6 pp gap