CHAMPION EL

As a mid-sized K-5 school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, CHAMPION EL educates 710 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

BROWNSVILLE ISD runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 37,097 students. CHAMPION EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, CHAMPION EL lists that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at CHAMPION EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Cameron County's rate of about 84%.

After controlling for student poverty, CHAMPION EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cameron County put 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%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), CHAMPION EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PERKINS MIDDLE, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHAMPION EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHAMPION EL has ticked down 14%, going from 823 students in 2018 to 710 in 2025.

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