School district · Texas
Brownsville ISD
Brownsville ISD in Texas: 52 public schools with 36,140 students and 14.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,406 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 52
- Students
- 36,140
- Students per teacher
- 14.9
- TX 14.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $14,406
- TX $12.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2,427
- Counselors (FTE)
- 125
- Students per counselor
- 289
- TX 387 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 7.8
- Librarians (FTE): 50.1
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Texas: 54%54%proficient
+0.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 58% of school districts in Texas
Median 51% · 1,182 school districts compared
13,229 students tested, grades 3–8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Texas: 42%45%proficient
+2.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 68% of school districts in Texas
Median 38% · 1,182 school districts compared
13,104 students tested, grades 3–8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 26% · $159.2M
- State
- 58% · $356.3M
- Local
- 16% · $94.8M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,335
- Support services
- $4,959
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $39M
- Long-term debt
- $83.5M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aiken ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 630 | 16.8 | 50% | 51% |
Benavides ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 818 | 15.3 | 73% | 73% |
Breeden ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 511 | 14.2 | 59% | 50% |
Brite ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 584 | 15.8 | 59% | 50% |
Burns ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 651 | 16.0 | 54% | 68% |
Canales ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 630 | 16.7 | 33% | 28% |
Champion ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 710 | 17.7 | 48% | 49% |
Cromack - Castaneda ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 823 | 16.1 | 45% | 46% |
Del Castillo - Morningside ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 526 | 17.0 | 45% | 41% |
Egly ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 520 | 14.5 | 48% | 41% |
El Jardin ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 389 | 16.9 | 56% | 49% |
Gallegos ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 390 | 15.0 | 49% | 46% |
Garden Park ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 372 | 14.7 | 52% | 60% |
Garza at Southmost ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 524 | 14.3 | 46% | 44% |
Gonzalez ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 596 | 15.5 | 60% | 62% |
Hudson ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 751 | 16.5 | 62% | 62% |
Keller ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 537 | 14.8 | 56% | 47% |
Martin ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 415 | 15.4 | 52% | 59% |
Ortiz ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 564 | 16.7 | 71% | 73% |
Palm Grove ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 294 | 14.4 | 49% | 43% |
Paredes ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 798 | 16.5 | 75% | 72% |
Pena ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 501 | 16.2 | 66% | 62% |
Perez ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 615 | 15.9 | 55% | 41% |
Pullam ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 889 | 17.0 | 74% | 73% |
Putegnat ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 444 | 16.3 | 46% | 48% |
Russell ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 418 | 15.4 | 53% | 46% |
Sharp ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 432 | 15.9 | 60% | 61% |
Skinner ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 344 | 14.4 | 36% | 50% |
Vermillion Road ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 654 | 15.6 | 52% | 50% |
Villa Nueva ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 346 | 13.7 | 46% | 40% |
Yturria ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 526 | 15.5 | 56% | 55% |
Besteiro MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 558 | 12.1 | 46% | 37% |
Faulk MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 885 | 14.4 | 42% | 33% |
Garcia MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 870 | 14.8 | 49% | 29% |
Lucio MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 627 | 13.5 | 50% | 35% |
Manzano MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 837 | 14.0 | 62% | 44% |
Oliveira MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 699 | 12.0 | 48% | 38% |
Perkins MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 480 | 12.1 | 41% | 20% |
Stell MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 733 | 13.2 | 45% | 29% |
Stillman MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 964 | 14.5 | 66% | 50% |
Vela MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 658 | 14.2 | 55% | 33% |
Brownsville Academic CenterAlternativeFree meals for all | 6–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Brownsville Early College H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 311 | 20.2 | — | — |
Cameron Co J J A E PAlternativeFree meals for all | 8–12 | 8 | — | — | — |
Hanna Early College H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,039 | 14.9 | — | — |
Lopez Early College H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,739 | 13.9 | — | — |
Pace Early College H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,621 | 15.5 | — | — |
Porter Early College H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,543 | 13.8 | — | — |
Rivera Early College H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,150 | 15.8 | — | — |
Veterans Memorial Early College H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,216 | 16.6 | — | — |
Adult EdAlternativeFree meals for all | Adult | 0 | — | — | — |
Lincoln Park SchAlternativeFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 1900 Price Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521
- Phone
- (956)548-8011
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.