HUDSON EL

HUDSON EL operates as a reasonably sized primary school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, run under BROWNSVILLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 751 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 45% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

BROWNSVILLE ISD comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 37,097 students; HUDSON EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, HUDSON EL shows that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 2% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HUDSON EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HUDSON EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 38.5%; actual is 56.4%, +17.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cameron County indicate median household earnings sit near $52,601, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. In all, Cameron County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), of which HUDSON EL is one.

The closest other public school is HANNA EARLY COLLEGE H S, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HUDSON EL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. HUDSON EL's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 804 (now 751).

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