Bryan El, Mission TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Bryan El

Bryan Elementary serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in Mission, a mid-sized Rio Grande Valley city. The school has an enrollment drawn almost entirely from the local Hispanic community, with a substantial majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. This is a school serving an economically vulnerable student population in a region where employment centers on health care, retail, and service industries.

The Texas state testing data for 2024-25 shows mixed academic performance across grades and subjects. In third-grade math, about half of students tested reached proficiency. Fifth-grade English language arts is the school's stronger showing, with a majority reaching proficiency. Fifth-grade science and third-grade Spanish-language ELA performance are notably lower, with science proficiency at a lower rate. Fourth-grade results are sparse because very few students sat for those assessments in Spanish-language format. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school sits above the midpoint for proficiency when compared to other schools in Hidalgo County, though that still means room for growth in absolute terms.

The school's overall proficiency index places it above the county median. ELA outcomes run ahead of math, and the gap between students approaching standards and those mastering them suggests that while most students are building foundational skills, fewer are reaching deeper command of the material. Science proficiency lags behind language and math, which is a soft spot worth monitoring as students advance.

Bryan Elementary is one of three schools operated by Mission CISD that feed into the district's early college pathways. The district launched a "Crib to College" initiative in October 2024 offering free half-day Pre-K instruction at participating childcare sites, easing entry into the formal school system. The district also runs dual-enrollment partnerships with South Texas College, allowing high school students to earn an associate degree before graduation. A district-wide agricultural science curriculum (the Mission FARMERS program) ties instruction to the area's citrus heritage and offers hands-on learning across all grade levels. These are lasting structural supports available to families in the district.

The school's location in Mission places families in a community with modest housing values and rents relative to state and national benchmarks, though cost of living has risen modestly. Employment in the region is diverse rather than concentrated in any single sector. Median household income in the area is solid, and unemployment stable.

A parent looking at Bryan Elementary would be choosing a small elementary school serving a predominantly low-income, Latino community with proficiency outcomes that are mixed but positioned above typical performance in its county. Strengths lie in ELA, especially at the upper elementary level. Math proficiency is present but moderate, and science performance is an area the school and district may want to address more directly. The early education and college-pathway infrastructure the district has built offers longer-term opportunity for families who stay engaged. A parent may want to look into classroom composition, teacher stability, and specific grade-level supports at this school.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 7% · ▲ 39 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 30%

School 0% · District 18% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 46 pts below state median · ▼ 42 pts below county median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 37% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 60% · ▲ 14 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 8% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

This schoolMISSION 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 4Lower-income61%Higher-income77%16 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income0%Higher-income81%81 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income40%Higher-income59%19 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income51%Higher-income64%13 pp gap