Enrollment
332
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818001636
Brewster Elementary School
22420 FM1017, EDINBURG, TX 78541 · (956) 289-2334 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
230 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 32 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 61% smaller than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 35.0% | 16.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Brewster Elementary School
Brewster Elementary School's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewster Elementary School this school | 332 | 69.3% | 56.8% |
| Parkland Pre K Center EL PASO | 308 | 73.1% | N/A |
| Horizon Montessori III - STEM Academy HARLINGEN | 291 | 70.8% | 37.2% |
| Castaneda Elementary School MCALLEN | 374 | 74.3% | 55.4% |
| Bill Childress Elementary School VINTON | 386 | 75.6% | 42.5% |
| Lamar Early Ee-Kg ODESSA | 338 | 72.5% | N/A |
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 Brewster Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #944 of 4,401 | #21 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,659 of 4,466 ▼ 61 | #73 of 183 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,018 of 4,466 ▲ 166 | #24 of 183 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,712 of 3,998 | #74 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #3,998 of 4,938 | #173 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #307 of 4,622 | #1 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.3% | #4,306 of 4,628 | #60 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #2,606 of 4,789 | #172 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #1,840 of 2,838 | #91 of 128 |
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
332
+34 (+11%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 229
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 332 | 28 | 11.9:1 | 69% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 28 | 11.2:1 | 77% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 28.7 | 11.0:1 | 76% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 78% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 80% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 80% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 254 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 54% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 229 | 18 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brewster Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (378 to 332); teachers down 10% (31 to 28).
About Brewster Elementary School
Located in EDINBURG, Texas, Brewster Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 332 students. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 36% smaller than average.
Besides Brewster Elementary School, EDINBURG CISD runs 43 other schools. The district enrolls 33,343 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Brewster Elementary School, with 97% of enrollment. Next come 2% White. By the diversity index, Brewster Elementary School comes in at 5%.
Staffing totals 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Brewster Elementary School is 69%. The average for public schools in Hidalgo County is 85%.
Brewster Elementary School is 12.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (56.8% versus 44.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Hidalgo County census figures show that median household income is about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brewster Elementary School is among the 364 public schools in Hidalgo County.
Guerra Elementary School is the public school closest to Brewster Elementary School, about 11.1 miles away. Brewster Elementary School's average proficiency of 56.8% compares with 40.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts put enrollment at 298 in 2020-21 and 332 in 2024-25, an 11% rise.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Brewster Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDINBURG CISD
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Other Brewster Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Brewster Elementary. Brewster Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Brewster Elementary SchoolBREWSTER, WA · 425 students
- Brewster Elementary SchoolROCHESTER HILLS, MI · 377 students
- Brewster ElemBrewster, KS · 90 students
Nearby schools
- Guerra Elementary School11.1 mi · 545
- Betty Harwell Middle School12.2 mi · 1,301
- Carmen V Avila Elementary School12.4 mi · 636
- Hargill Elementary School12.4 mi · 520
- Dr Kay Teer Crawford Elementary School14.4 mi · 625
- Lasara Elementary School15.4 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About Brewster Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Brewster Elementary School?
Brewster Elementary School enrolls approximately 332 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Brewster Elementary School serve?
Brewster Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Brewster Elementary School have?
Brewster Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brewster Elementary School?
At Brewster Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Brewster Elementary School in?
Brewster Elementary School is part of EDINBURG CISD.
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