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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168012238
Breeden Elementary School
3955 DANA AVE, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 554-4730 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 92 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 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 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 33.0% | 16.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 35.0% | 24.0% | 21.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 66.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 27.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% 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 →
Schools most like Breeden Elementary School
Breeden Elementary School's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breeden Elementary School this school | 511 | 83.6% | 52.9% |
| Emma Vera Elementary School ROMA | 504 | 82.3% | 88.5% |
| Laureles Elementary School SAN BENITO | 516 | 84.1% | 51.0% |
| Pebble Hills Elementary School EL PASO | 534 | 82.4% | 55.2% |
| Raquel Cavazos Elementary School ALTON | 521 | 85.8% | 40.8% |
| Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School MISSION | 538 | 85.7% | 51.6% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Breeden Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #1,203 of 4,401 | #21 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,291 of 4,466 ▲ 138 | #33 of 93 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #926 of 4,466 ▲ 384 | #13 of 93 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #742 of 3,998 | #11 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #2,408 of 4,938 | #41 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,698 of 4,622 | #14 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.3% | #4,449 of 4,628 | #73 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #1,679 of 4,789 | #67 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #674 of 2,838 | #20 of 64 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
511
-122 (-19%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 511 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 84% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 35.5 | 15.8:1 | 86% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 34.6 | 16.4:1 | 81% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 633 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 83% (528) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 41.8 | 16.6:1 | 93% (646) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 43 | 16.7:1 | 92% (664) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Breeden Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (696 to 511); teachers down 14% (41.8 to 36).
About Breeden Elementary School
Breeden Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. Its enrollment is 511 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
Breeden Elementary School belongs to BROWNSVILLE ISD, a district of 52 schools and 37,097 students.
Breeden Elementary School is 99% Hispanic by enrollment. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Cameron County's population at about 89%. The diversity index for Breeden Elementary School is 2%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Breeden Elementary School totals 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Federal data show 84% of students (427) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Cameron County is close, at 84%.
Breeden Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 77% of Texas public elementary schools.
Breeden Elementary School beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.8 points (52.9% versus 38.0%), a top-10% result in Texas on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Cameron County, the median household earns about $52,601 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of people live in poverty. The county has 187 public schools and about 97,392 students.
Among nearby public schools, Gallegos Elementary School is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 52.9% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Breeden Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 633 (2020-21) to 511 (2024-25).
The discussion board for Breeden Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Rivera Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Hanna Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Lopez Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,739 students
- Pace Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,621 students
- Porter Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,543 students
Other schools in BROWNSVILLE
- Veterans Memorial Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Rivera Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Hanna Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Lopez Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,739 students
- Pace Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,621 students
- Porter Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,543 students
Nearby schools
- Gallegos Elementary School0.2 mi · 390
- Harmony School of Innovation - Brownsville0.6 mi · 498
- Paredes Elementary School1.0 mi · 798
- IDEA Brownsville College Preparatory1.2 mi · 783
- IDEA Brownsville Academy1.2 mi · 702
- Vela Middle School1.2 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Breeden Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Breeden Elementary School?
Breeden Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Breeden Elementary School serve?
Breeden Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Breeden Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Breeden Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Breeden Elementary School?
Student demographics at Breeden Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is Breeden Elementary School in?
Breeden Elementary School is part of BROWNSVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.