DORA ROMERO EL

DORA ROMERO EL is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, overseen by LOS FRESNOS CISD, instructing 552 students in grades pre-K through 5.

LOS FRESNOS CISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 10,357 students; DORA ROMERO EL is among them.

Demographically, DORA ROMERO EL logs that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Cameron County as a whole is about 89% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, DORA ROMERO EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cameron County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DORA ROMERO EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 40.7%; actual is 58.0%, +17.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cameron County) shows that median household earnings sit near $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. DORA ROMERO EL is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students).

SOUTH TEXAS ISD MEDICAL PROFESSIONS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DORA ROMERO EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 539 students in 2018 compared to 552 in 2025.

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