BURNS EL

As a reasonably sized elementary school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, BURNS EL hosts 651 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD. That puts it 25% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within BROWNSVILLE ISD, which oversees 52 schools and 37,097 students, BURNS EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, BURNS EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). The remainder comes out to 3% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BURNS EL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BURNS EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cameron County (around 84%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, BURNS EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.0%; actual is 58.5%, +25.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cameron County indicate the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. BURNS EL is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students).

Nearest neighbor: PROMESA COLLEGE PREP BROWNSVILLE, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BURNS EL. On composite proficiency, BURNS EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BURNS EL has declined 19%, going from 802 students in 2018 to 651 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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