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Enrollment
651
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168005849
Burns Elementary School
1974 ALTON GLOOR BLVD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 548-8490 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
16.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
610 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 | 158 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
7%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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
76.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +58.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 58 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 42.0% | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 43.0% | 33.0% | 16.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 27 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 Burns Elementary School
Burns Elementary School's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burns Elementary School this school | 651 | 93.7% | 60.6% |
| Charles Graebner Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 651 | 93.7% | 17.8% |
| IDEA Academy Mission MISSION | 664 | 93.4% | 44.9% |
| Carroll T Welch Elementary School EL PASO | 676 | 94.1% | 33.8% |
| IDEA Frontier Academy BROWNSVILLE | 675 | 92.7% | 49.2% |
| Arnold Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 633 | 93.5% | 29.2% |
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 Burns Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #733 of 4,401 | #10 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #227 of 4,466 ▲ 160 | #2 of 93 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #1,089 of 4,466 ▲ 782 | #19 of 93 ▲ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #812 of 3,998 | #18 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #1,241 of 4,938 | #18 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #3,260 of 4,622 | #53 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.5% | #4,255 of 4,628 | #43 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.7% | #663 of 4,789 | #32 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #1,269 of 2,838 | #33 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
651
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 1,279
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 651 | 40.8 | 16.0:1 | 94% (610) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 39.2 | 16.4:1 | 93% (598) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 40.2 | 15.0:1 | 93% (559) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 92% (591) |
| 2017-18 | 802 | 47 | 17.1:1 | 99% (793) |
| 2015-16 | 911 | 53 | 17.2:1 | 97% (881) |
| 2010-11 | 1,076 | 70 | 15.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,432 | 76 | 18.8:1 | 0% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 1,279 | 52 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burns Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (802 to 651); teachers down 13% (47 to 40.8).
About Burns Elementary School
Burns Elementary School is a public elementary school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. A total of 651 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 25% higher.
Burns Elementary School is one of the 52 schools that make up BROWNSVILLE ISD (37,097 students in total).
About 97% of the student body at Burns Elementary School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 3% White. Burns Elementary School's diversity index is 7%, against a US figure of 70%.
Burns Elementary School's 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.0:1. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 94%. Compared with the 84% average for public schools in Cameron County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Burns Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 33.7% for Burns Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 60.6%. The 26.9-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cameron County, the median household income is $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 21%. There are 187 public schools in Cameron County, enrolling about 97,392 students in all.
The closest public school to Burns Elementary School is Promesa College Prep Brownsville, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Burns Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 642 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 651.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Other Burns Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Burns Elementary. Burns Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Burns ElementaryBurns, WY · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Promesa College Prep Brownsville0.1 mi · 185
- Vela Middle School0.3 mi · 658
- IDEA Brownsville Academy0.8 mi · 702
- IDEA Brownsville College Preparatory0.8 mi · 783
- Jubilee Brownsville1.1 mi · 999
- Paredes Elementary School1.2 mi · 798
Frequently asked questions
About Burns Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Burns Elementary School?
Burns Elementary School enrolls approximately 651 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Burns Elementary School serve?
Burns Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Burns Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Burns Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Burns Elementary School?
At Burns Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 97% Hispanic.
Who oversees Burns Elementary School?
Burns Elementary School is overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD in Cameron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.