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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168012238
BREEDEN EL
3955 DANA AVE, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 554-4730 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
427 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
58.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
511
-185 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.6:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
99%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BREEDEN EL
BREEDEN EL is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, run under BROWNSVILLE ISD, with 511 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
BROWNSVILLE ISD runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 37,097 students. BREEDEN EL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, BREEDEN EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). By comparison, Cameron County as a whole is about 89% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, BREEDEN EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 37.4%; BREEDEN EL posts 52.8%, +15.4 points above that line.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cameron County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), BREEDEN EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is GALLEGOS EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BREEDEN EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BREEDEN EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.4%.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 27%: 696 students in 2018 compared to 511 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWNSVILLE ISD
- VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,216 students
- RIVERA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,150 students
- HANNA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,039 students
- LOPEZ EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,739 students
- PACE EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,621 students
- PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,543 students
Other schools in BROWNSVILLE
- VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,216 students
- RIVERA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,150 students
- HANNA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,039 students
- LOPEZ EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,739 students
- PACE EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,621 students
- PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,543 students
Nearby schools
- GALLEGOS EL0.2 mi · 390
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - BROWNSVILLE0.6 mi · 498
- PAREDES EL1.0 mi · 798
- IDEA BROWNSVILLE ACADEMY1.2 mi · 702
- IDEA BROWNSVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY1.2 mi · 783
- VELA MIDDLE1.2 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About BREEDEN ELWhat is the total enrollment at BREEDEN EL?
BREEDEN EL enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BREEDEN EL serve?
BREEDEN EL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BREEDEN EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BREEDEN EL is approximately 14.2:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BREEDEN EL?
Student demographics at BREEDEN EL are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is BREEDEN EL in?
BREEDEN EL is part of BROWNSVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.