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GW Bradford Pri

Cherokee County · Region 07: Kilgore · 364 students

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Current score
89/1002025-26
Change
−1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+9.2 ptsvs 79.8 average · 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
337 of 2,001tied with 67 others
B89

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 89 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79.8 average for 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 3 points

86 to 89 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 89 is 9.2 points above the 79.8 average among 2,001 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

4.3% −12.6 pts vs 16.9%

  • 4.3% is 12.6 percentage points lower than the 16.9% average among 1,936 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Attendance above the similar-context average

95.9% +1.8 pts vs 94.1%

  • 95.9% is 1.8 percentage points above the 94.1% average among 1,936 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

GW Bradford Pri is rated B by TEA, scoring 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.8 average for 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 337th of 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 67 others).

Put the numbers in context

Compare with

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Who this school serves
  5. Student counts behind the percentages
  6. Enrollment over time
  7. Discipline and removal from class
  8. Spending per student
  9. Teachers and actual class size
  10. Where this school ranks best
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageGW Bradford Pri 9081798689 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 89 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8979.8 2,001 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8679.5 1,977 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7977.6 1,963 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8178.1 1,930 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9082.2 1,909 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement—Not reported · similar economic context 77.4 · 1,892 reporting
  • School Progress—Not reported · similar economic context 80.7 · 1,885 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps—Not reported · similar economic context 77 · 1,867 reporting
  • Academic Growth—Not reported · similar economic context 73.9 · 1,826 reporting
  • Relative Performance—Not reported · similar economic context 79 · 1,885 reporting
  • GW Bradford Pri
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,001 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement—Not rated—
School Progress—Not rated—
Closing the Gaps—Not rated—
Academic Growth—Not rated—
Relative Performance—Not rated—

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
364
Economically disadvantaged
65.7%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
4.1%−14.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
17.1%−1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.9%+1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
4.3%−12.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

GW Bradford Pri

African American: 13.3%Hispanic: 17.1%White: 60.8%American Indian: 0.8%Asian: 0.3%Two or More Races: 7.7%
  • African American 13.3%
  • Hispanic 17.1%
  • White 60.8%
  • American Indian 0.8%
  • Asian 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 7.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,001 reporting for every category shown · 2,001 in full cohort

African American: 11.5%Hispanic: 52.5%White: 29.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 11.5%
  • Hispanic 52.5%
  • White 29.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
362
Economically disadvantaged students
238
Emergent bilingual students
15
Special education students
62

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
25
Students in TEA mobility denominator
167
TEA-published mobility rate
15%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 364 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 15 (4.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
364

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−15

Decrease · −4.0%

Change since 2021–22
−21

Decrease · −5.5%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
364
Selected comparison
628.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,966 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for GW Bradford Pri
School yearStudents enrolledGW Bradford PriChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 385 First available year 644
2022–23 376 Decrease of 9 (2.3%) 649.8
2023–24 364 Decrease of 12 (3.2%) 648.2
2024–25 379 Increase of 15 (4.1%) 644.8
2025–26 364 Decrease of 15 (4.0%) 628.5

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Not reported

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Not reported

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
408

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for GW Bradford Pri
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 390 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 430 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2022–23 406 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2023–24 388 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2024–25 408 Not reported — Not reported — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for GW Bradford Pri in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Not reported — Not reported — — —
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • GW Bradford Pri
  • Parent district: Rusk ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,209
Selected comparison
$12,731

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,975 rated schools reporting

−$2,522 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,209 per student for this campus, $14,988 per student for its parent district, Rusk ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearGW Bradford PriParent district: Rusk ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,629$10,627$13,054$7,953 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,839 rated schools reporting
2019$7,133$12,364$13,108$8,116 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,854 rated schools reporting
2020$8,044$12,382$14,058$8,699 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,873 rated schools reporting
2021$8,659$12,616$14,797$9,169 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 rated schools reporting
2022$8,903$13,408$15,708$10,486 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,908 rated schools reporting
2023$8,742$13,707$16,792$11,193 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 rated schools reporting
2024$9,544$14,754$18,125$12,099 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,960 rated schools reporting
2025$10,209$14,988$18,972$12,731 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,975 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$67,351+$901 vs similar economic context
Teachers
23−19.4 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.4+1.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

GW Bradford Pri

Beginning: 3.8%1 to 5 years: 30.3%6 to 10 years: 26.9%11 to 20 years: 20.1%21 to 30 years: 19.2%
  • Beginning 3.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 30.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 26.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 20.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 19.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,001 reporting for every category shown · 2,001 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.3%1 to 5 years: 26.4%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 27.8%21 to 30 years: 15.8%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 6.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.8%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for GW Bradford Pri in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classGW Bradford Pri · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten15.518
Grade 119.118.3

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 2 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 20 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#1 rankings

First-place results

3 measures

  • 1of 17

    Overall score

    Cherokee County · of the 17 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 1of 17

    Attendance

    Cherokee County · of the 17 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 1of 17

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Cherokee County · of the 17 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 037907103.