BRILLANTE ACADEMY

BRILLANTE ACADEMY is a primary school of intimate scale in MISSION, Texas, operated by BRILLANTE ACADEMY, serveing 354 students in grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 32% below the state mean of about 519.

Operationally, BRILLANTE ACADEMY answers to BRILLANTE ACADEMY, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, BRILLANTE ACADEMY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%).

On the income-and-resources front, BRILLANTE ACADEMY shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 84% of students at BRILLANTE ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, Hidalgo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), BRILLANTE ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: VANGUARD MONET, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRILLANTE ACADEMY.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. BRILLANTE ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.