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How has HUDSON EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
751
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168007821
Hudson Elementary School
2980 FM 802, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 698-0447 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL751 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% 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
16.5:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
608 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 | 169 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
8%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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +40.0pp 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 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 40 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 30.0% | 19.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 27.0% | 18.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% 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 20 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 Hudson Elementary School
Hudson Elementary School's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Elementary School this school | 751 | 81.0% | 58.7% |
| Paredes Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 798 | 80.2% | 65.1% |
| Julia Bird Jones Muller Elementary School LAREDO | 768 | 81.8% | 50.3% |
| Camino Real Elementary School DALE | 815 | 80.9% | 16.1% |
| IDEA Brownsville Academy BROWNSVILLE | 702 | 81.8% | 47.3% |
| IDEA Academy San Benito SAN BENITO | 685 | 80.3% | 50.1% |
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 Hudson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #834 of 4,401 | #15 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #989 of 4,466 ▼ 299 | #22 of 93 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,497 of 4,466 ▼ 475 | #37 of 93 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,260 of 3,998 | #65 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 751 | #630 of 4,938 | #6 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #3,625 of 4,622 | #65 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.0% | #4,186 of 4,628 | #28 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.0% | #1,889 of 4,789 | #71 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #2,341 of 2,838 | #59 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
751
+51 (+7%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 1,013
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 751 | 45.5 | 16.5:1 | 81% (608) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 47.3 | 14.8:1 | 83% (581) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 45.1 | 14.8:1 | 86% (575) |
| 2020-21 | 700 | 47 | 14.9:1 | 93% (651) |
| 2017-18 | 804 | 46.5 | 17.3:1 | 92% (741) |
| 2015-16 | 825 | 48 | 17.2:1 | 87% (718) |
| 2010-11 | 1,254 | 71 | 17.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,013 | 55 | 18.4:1 | 4% (41) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hudson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (804 to 751); teachers down 2% (46.5 to 45.5).
About Hudson Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Hudson Elementary School is part of BROWNSVILLE ISD. School enrollment was 751 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
BROWNSVILLE ISD has 52 schools; together they serve 37,097 students.
About 96% of the student body at Hudson Elementary School is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% White. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school's lunch program data list 81% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Hudson Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Hudson Elementary School is +19.6 points, in the top 10% of Texas. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.7%, and the predicted rate is 39.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cameron County show that the median household income is $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hudson Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Hanna Early College High School is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hudson Elementary School. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Hudson Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Hudson Elementary School climbed 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 700 to 751 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.9:1 to 16.5:1 over the same years.
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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 Hudson Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Hudson Elementary. Hudson Elementary School is the largest of the 9.
- Hudson Elementary SchoolLONGVIEW, TX · 452 students
- Hudson ElementaryHudson, NC · 665 students
- Hudson Elementary SchoolHudson, IA · 562 students
- Hudson Elementary SchoolUNION CITY, NJ · 320 students
- Hudson Elementary SchoolHUDSON, CO · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Hanna Early College High School0.7 mi · 2,039
- Jubilee Leadership Academy0.7 mi · 545
- Harmony School of Innovation - Brownsville0.9 mi · 498
- Premier H S of Brownsville1.1 mi · 147
- Texasworks - Brownsville1.1 mi · 16
- Paredes Elementary School1.2 mi · 798
Frequently asked questions
About Hudson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hudson Elementary School?
Hudson Elementary School enrolls approximately 751 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hudson Elementary School serve?
Hudson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hudson Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Hudson Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Hudson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hudson Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Hudson Elementary School?
Hudson Elementary School is overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD in Cameron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.