Bryan ISD school board members receive a new demographer's report as part of considering a future bond issue

This podcast includes comments from the April 21, 2025 Bryan ISD school board meeting.One component of a Bryan ISD committee studying whether to recommend a future bond issue, is the district's demographic information.The first such report in six years was released during Monday's (April 21) BISD board meeting.Kris Pool projected district wide, enrollment in the next ten years to be somewhere between 800 fewer students to 2,000 more students. BISD's current headcount is about 16,000.Pool said two campuses are expected to exceed capacity in the decade. Bryan High could reach 102 percent and Houston elementary could reach 113 percent. Pool said other districts don't realign campus boundaries to adjust enrollment until headcount reaches 120 percent of a building's capacity.Pool also said 15 percent of children who live in BISD attends school somewhere else. The current estimate of 2,500 does not include children who are home schooled.Pool also reported during the last five years, BISD has lost 123 students. Gaining the most students during that time was College Station with 378.That's followed by Franklin with 219, Caldwell with 215, Snook with 123, and Navasota with 100.Demographer Susan Cates reported that more than 11,000 single family homes are estimated to be built in BISD during the next ten years. But many of those homes will be purchased by retirees and not by families with children.Cates also said they are also monitoring the possibility of manufactured home communities being created outside of the Bryan city limits to provide workforce housing.Click HERE to read and download the demographer's report that was presented at the April 21, 2025 Bryan ISD school board meeting.