Middle · Texas

Besteiro Middle

Free meals for all

Besteiro Middle, a public middle school in Brownsville, Texas: grades 6–8, 558 students, 12.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Brownsville ISD.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 558
Teachers (FTE): 46.0
Students per teacher: 12.1
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in Texas

Median 14.4 · 1,726 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 57% of middle schools in Texas

Median 633 · 1,741 schools compared

Larger than 54% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

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%

46%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 62% of middle schools in Texas

Median 51% · 1,712 middle schools compared

494 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Texas: 42%

37%proficient

+3.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 54% of middle schools in Texas

Median 35% · 1,711 middle schools compared

497 students tested, grades 6, 7, 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.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Brownsville ISD

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Brownsville ISD.

Location

Address: 6280 Southmost Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: (956)544-3900
City or town: Brownsville
County: Cameron County

Website Quality of life in Brownsville Schools in Brownsville

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Faulk MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	885	14.4	42%	33%	2.9 mi
Lucio MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	627	13.5	50%	35%	3.1 mi
Perkins MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	480	12.1	41%	20%	3.5 mi
Oliveira MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	699	12.0	48%	38%	3.8 mi
Garcia MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	870	14.8	49%	29%	4.7 mi
Stell MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	733	13.2	45%	29%	5.6 mi

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.

Sources

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).
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.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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