Summary:
In zip code 78605, there is one elementary school, Bertram Elementary, serving grades PK through 5 in the Burnet Consolidated Independent School District, with an enrollment of 437 students and a high rate of economic disadvantage at 61.33%.
Bertram Elementary is a school facing significant challenges, consistently underperforming compared to both its district and the state of Texas across nearly all subjects and grade levels. The school's overall state ranking has declined, dropping from the 19th percentile (1 star) in 2023-2024 to the 10th percentile (0 stars) for the 2025-2026 school year, placing it at 4,182 out of 4,627 schools. The most critical area of concern is mathematics, where proficiency rates are alarmingly low. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 11.67% of 4th graders were proficient in math, a gap of nearly 35 percentage points below the state average. While 2025-2026 data shows slight improvement to 24.24% proficiency, math remains a systemic issue requiring urgent intervention.
There is one notable bright spot: in the 2024-2025 school year, 5th Grade Reading at Bertram Elementary achieved 48% proficiency, outperforming the district average of 37.8%. However, this success was not sustained in the 2025-2026 data, where the school's 41.27% fell below the district's 46.55%, suggesting the previous year's result may have been due to a particularly strong group of students rather than a lasting improvement. With a student-teacher ratio of 14.5 and per-student spending of $11,231, the school's poor outcomes, especially in math, point to a need for targeted curriculum reform and additional instructional support to address the challenges beyond socioeconomic factors.
Thank you for your feedback!