BROWN MIDDLE

As a moderately sized junior high in EL PASO, Texas, BROWN MIDDLE caters to 699 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by EL PASO ISD.

Across the 76 schools in EL PASO ISD (48,118 students total), BROWN MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BROWN MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 6% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of El Paso County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BROWN MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.6%; this one delivers 36.1%.

In the area at large, census data for El Paso County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which BROWN MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: KOHLBERG EL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROWN MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, BROWN MIDDLE comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROWN MIDDLE has fell 27%, going from 963 students in 2018 to 699 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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