Brazos Christian School 
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Summary
A nondenominational Pre-K through 12th grade school in Bryan, Texas.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Brazos Christian School
3000 W. Villa Maria
Bryan, TX 77807
Website: www.bcseagles.org
Phone: 979-823-1000
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 742199163
CEO/President: Bill Bridges
Chairman: Clint Dempsey
Board size: 9
Founder:
Ruling year: 1982
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
To provide an education that is excellent in academics and unwavering in its foundation on God's Word.
Mission statement
Training, equipping, and educating students to impact the world for Jesus.
Statement of faith
We believe the Bible to be the only inspired, inerrant, infallible, authoritative word of God.
We believe in one God eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His substitutionary and atoning death, in His resurrection from the dead, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His eventual, personal return to power and glory.
We believe in the necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation due to the exceeding sinfulness of humanity; and that individuals are justified by grace through faith solely by the accomplished work of Christ.
We believe in the resurrection of those so saved to glorification in heaven and of all others to damnation in hell.
We believe in the spiritual unity of all true believers in Christ.
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Transparency grade
D
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: K-12 Schools/Academies
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 1203 of 1338 | 137 of 140 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 460 of 1338 | 69 of 140 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 1330 of 1338 | 140 of 140 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 1260 of 1340 | 139 of 141 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 13% | 3% | 35% | 29% | 6% | 3% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 87% | 97% | 65% | 71% | 94% | 97% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 84% | 60% | 85% | 85% | 86% | 83% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 93% | 201% | 71% | 78% | 100% | 104% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 76% | 121% | 60% | 66% | 86% | 86% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 7% | -101% | 29% | 22% | 0% | -4% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 6% | -1% | 23% | 18% | 0% | -2% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 14% | 40% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.51 | 0.01 | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.39 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 3.20 | 5.73 | 7.01 | 3.77 | 6.61 | 5.50 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.72 | 0.07 | 2.62 | 1.63 | 2.85 | 2.16 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 2.86 | 3.28 | 3.31 | 5.37 | 3.05 | 3.77 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.27 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.12 | 114.33 | 3.19 | 5.99 | 2.84 | 4.08 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 30% | 48% | 33% | 33% | 37% | 39% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 10% | 42% | 29% | 28% | 33% | 34% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 125% | 4116% | 179% | 156% | 145% | 156% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Cash | $1,927,361 | $1,727,083 | $2,866,745 | $1,093,622 | $1,162,313 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $1,019,002 | $76,455 | $13,974 | $40,688 | $104,141 |
| Short-term investments | $1,525,850 | $708,959 | $654,083 | $651,082 | $1,036,368 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $4,472,213 | $2,512,497 | $3,534,802 | $1,785,392 | $2,302,822 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $15,774,178 | $9,338,848 | $9,629,112 | $10,021,469 | $10,372,193 |
| Other long-term assets | $5,369,244 | $5,760,413 | $170,035 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $21,143,422 | $15,099,261 | $9,799,147 | $10,021,469 | $10,372,193 |
| Total assets | $25,615,635 | $17,611,758 | $13,333,949 | $11,806,861 | $12,675,015 |
| Liabilities | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $302,318 | $581,700 | $467,173 | $371,028 | $318,809 |
| Other current liabilities | $1,060,715 | $176,227 | $190,867 | $213,468 | $291,448 |
| Total current liabilities | $1,363,033 | $757,927 | $658,040 | $584,496 | $610,257 |
| Debt | $10,819,820 | $5,041,328 | $3,696,542 | $3,838,134 | $4,300,484 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $10,819,820 | $5,041,328 | $3,696,542 | $3,838,134 | $4,300,484 |
| Total liabilities | $12,182,853 | $5,799,255 | $4,354,582 | $4,422,630 | $4,910,741 |
| Net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Without donor restrictions | $10,256,363 | $10,223,577 | $6,960,746 | $6,392,910 | $6,374,158 |
| With donor restrictions | $3,176,419 | $1,588,926 | $2,018,621 | $991,321 | $1,390,116 |
| Net assets | $13,432,782 | $11,812,503 | $8,979,367 | $7,384,231 | $7,764,274 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Total contributions | $4,574 | $3,233,126 | $2,120,756 | $291,210 | $128,140 |
| Program service revenue | $51,528 | $5,747,115 | $5,039,138 | $4,562,511 | $4,002,282 |
| Membership dues | $6,681 | $87,910 | $72,426 | $69,250 | $42,651 |
| Investment income | $7,090 | $45,440 | $55,391 | $99,940 | $26,296 |
| Other revenue | $92,341 | $172,361 | $89,904 | $59,590 | $589,575 |
| Total other revenue | $157,640 | $6,052,826 | $5,256,859 | $4,791,291 | $4,660,804 |
| Total revenue | $162,214 | $9,285,952 | $7,377,615 | $5,082,501 | $4,788,944 |
| Expenses | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Program services | $195,744 | $5,612,349 | $4,875,709 | $4,378,631 | $4,114,731 |
| Management and general | $130,598 | $981,222 | $890,079 | $703,957 | $865,954 |
| Fundraising | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total expenses | $326,342 | $6,593,571 | $5,765,788 | $5,082,588 | $4,980,685 |
| Change in net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($164,128) | $2,692,381 | $1,611,827 | ($87) | ($191,741) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($164,128) | $2,692,381 | $1,611,827 | ($87) | ($191,741) |
Compensation
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History
1980: A prayer group of members from First Baptist Church in Bryan, TX started researching and planning what it would take to start a Christian school which integrated God and His principles into every subject taught to their children throughout the day.
The Gardner, Lawless, Lundberg, Reese and Shellenberger families took up the banner and did the heavy lifting to make Brazos Christian School a reality.
1981: Brazos Christian School opened its doors for the first time on the campus of the United Freewill Baptist Church on Tabor Road. Three small classrooms were made available to the school, and that first year featured four kindergartners and 13 students in grades 1st - 6th.
1982: In its second year, BCS grew to 69 enrolled students and had to move locations to the Grace Bible Church campus.
In the third year, 129 students enrolled at BCS. To accommodate this growth, eight portables were purchased from Snook I.S.D. and placed around the Grace Bible Church gymnasium.
Trina Rigsby was hired as the school's librarian, nurse and office manager. She exhibited a passion for reading and planted this deeply within the hearts of the students at BCS. Mrs. Rigsby served as the school's librarian until she lost her battle with cancer in 1996. The school's library was named after her to honor and commemorate all of the Rigsby family's contributions to the school.
Brazos Christian School moved to its current location on approx. 30 acres on West Villa Maria Road.
Brazos Christian School held its first graduation ceremony for its first graduating class, which featured five seniors.