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What's one thing GONZALEZ EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168006224
GONZALEZ EL
4350 COFFEEPORT RD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 831-6030 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
529 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
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
59.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +46.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 46 points.
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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 18 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
596
-249 (-29%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 18.1:1
% White
3%
was 0%
% Hispanic
97%
was 100%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GONZALEZ EL
GONZALEZ EL, a mid-sized K-5 school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, one of the schools within BROWNSVILLE ISD, hosts 596 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
BROWNSVILLE ISD runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 37,097 students. GONZALEZ EL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, GONZALEZ EL records that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 3% White.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, GONZALEZ EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 53.0%, a residual of +17.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cameron County put median household income runs about $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cameron County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), of which GONZALEZ EL is one.
IDEA ROBINDALE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GONZALEZ EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GONZALEZ EL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 44.8%.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 29%: 845 students in 2018 compared to 596 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 H SHigh · 2,216 students
- RIVERA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,150 students
- HANNA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,039 students
- LOPEZ EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,739 students
- PACE EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,621 students
- PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,543 students
Other schools in BROWNSVILLE
- VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,216 students
- RIVERA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,150 students
- HANNA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,039 students
- LOPEZ EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,739 students
- PACE EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,621 students
- PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,543 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA ROBINDALE ACADEMY0.6 mi · 699
- IDEA ROBINDALE COLLEGE PREPARATORY0.6 mi · 693
- PERKINS MIDDLE0.7 mi · 480
- PENA EL1.3 mi · 501
- GARCIA MIDDLE1.4 mi · 870
- CHAMPION EL1.4 mi · 710
Frequently asked questions
About GONZALEZ ELWhat is the total enrollment at GONZALEZ EL?
GONZALEZ EL enrolls approximately 596 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does GONZALEZ EL serve?
GONZALEZ EL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GONZALEZ EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GONZALEZ EL is approximately 15.6:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GONZALEZ EL?
At GONZALEZ EL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 97% Hispanic.
Is GONZALEZ EL public or private?
GONZALEZ EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.