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How has BROWN MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
699
Middle
DISTRICT 701 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830010638
BROWN MIDDLE
7820 HELEN OF TROY DR, EL PASO, TX 79912 · (915) 236-0900 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL699 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
453 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle 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
52.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
699
-264 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.4:1
% White
6%
was 8%
% Hispanic
90%
was 87%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- CHAPIN H SHigh · 1,766 students
- EL PASO H SHigh · 1,636 students
- HORNEDO MIDDLEMiddle · 1,442 students
- DON HASKINS PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- KOHLBERG EL0.7 mi · 418
- WILLIAM C HERRERA EL0.9 mi · 496
- CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL1.0 mi · 577
- DAVINCI SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS1.3 mi · 982
- FRANKLIN H S1.5 mi · 2,835
- CANUTILLO H S1.5 mi · 1,443
Frequently asked questions
About BROWN MIDDLEHow many students attend BROWN MIDDLE?
BROWN MIDDLE enrolls approximately 699 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does BROWN MIDDLE serve?
BROWN MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at BROWN MIDDLE?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at BROWN MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at BROWN MIDDLE?
Student demographics at BROWN MIDDLE are roughly 6% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is BROWN MIDDLE in?
BROWN MIDDLE is part of EL PASO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.