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JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE
Set in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE is a sizable combined-grade school, overseen by JUBILEE ACADEMIES. It instructs 999 students across grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 106% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.
Within JUBILEE ACADEMIES, which oversees 10 schools and 5,140 students, JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE is one campus in the system.
Demographically, JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE records that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.2%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Cameron County put median household earnings sit near $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE is one campus in the mix.
PROMESA COLLEGE PREP BROWNSVILLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.1%.
JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE operates from an urban location. As a public charter, JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE has expanded 8%, going from 925 students in 2018 to 999 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Cameron County at a glance
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