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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 Elementary School
4350 COFFEEPORT RD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 831-6030 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% 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.
- C+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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 102 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
6%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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +42.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 42 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 33.0% | 22.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 21 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 Gonzalez Elementary School
Gonzalez Elementary School's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalez Elementary School this school | 596 | 88.8% | 57.1% |
| Sageland Elementary School EL PASO | 601 | 88.7% | 49.7% |
| Jessie L Jensen Elementary School ALTON | 615 | 88.0% | 42.6% |
| Loma Terrace Elementary School EL PASO | 614 | 90.1% | 49.4% |
| IDEA Academy San Juan SAN JUAN | 617 | 87.8% | 39.6% |
| Dr Kay Teer Crawford Elementary School EDINBURG | 625 | 89.3% | 55.7% |
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 Gonzalez Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #924 of 4,401 | #17 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #916 of 4,466 ▼ 370 | #19 of 93 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,421 of 4,466 ▼ 334 | #28 of 93 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,259 of 3,998 | #64 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #1,643 of 4,938 | #23 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,938 of 4,622 | #45 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.5% | #4,295 of 4,628 | #50 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #1,205 of 4,789 | #51 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.5% | #525 of 2,838 | #14 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
596
-126 (-17%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 919
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 596 | 38.3 | 15.6:1 | 89% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 40.1 | 16.0:1 | 90% (576) |
| 2022-23 | 653 | 40.3 | 16.2:1 | 91% (596) |
| 2020-21 | 722 | 44 | 16.4:1 | 87% (628) |
| 2017-18 | 845 | 46.8 | 18.1:1 | 93% (784) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 49 | 17.4:1 | 91% (772) |
| 2010-11 | 960 | 60 | 16.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,055 | 54 | 19.5:1 | 3% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 919 | 78 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gonzalez Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (845 to 596); teachers down 18% (46.8 to 38.3).
About Gonzalez Elementary School
Gonzalez Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. Total enrollment is 596 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
BROWNSVILLE ISD includes 52 schools. Together they enroll 37,097 students.
Hispanic students are 97% of those enrolled at Gonzalez Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% White. A diversity index of 6% means there is a 6% chance two randomly chosen students at Gonzalez Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 15.6:1 is based on 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 89%.
Gonzalez Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of Texas public elementary schools.
Gonzalez Elementary School scores 21.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 57.1% actual versus 35.8% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Cameron County show that median household income comes to about $52,601, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 21%. Cameron County counts 187 public schools with about 97,392 students.
Gonzalez Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is IDEA Robindale College Preparatory, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Gonzalez Elementary School's average proficiency of 57.1% compares with 43.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 596, from 722 in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Gonzalez Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Gonzalez Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Gonzalez Elementary. Gonzalez Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolMCALLEN, TX · 818 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Robindale College Preparatory0.6 mi · 693
- IDEA Robindale Academy0.6 mi · 699
- Perkins Middle School0.7 mi · 480
- Pena Elementary School1.3 mi · 501
- Garcia Middle School1.4 mi · 870
- Champion Elementary School1.4 mi · 710
Frequently asked questions
About Gonzalez Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gonzalez Elementary School?
Gonzalez Elementary School enrolls approximately 596 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Gonzalez Elementary School serve?
Gonzalez Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gonzalez Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gonzalez Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gonzalez Elementary School?
At Gonzalez Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 97% Hispanic.
Is Gonzalez Elementary School public or private?
Gonzalez Elementary School 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.