1
Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168000662
Martin Elementary School
1701 STANFORD AVE, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520 · (956) 982-2730 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
15.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
362 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 | 76 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
1%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
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 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 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 31.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 37.0% | 23.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
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 Martin Elementary School
Martin Elementary School's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Elementary School this school | 415 | 87.2% | 49.3% |
| M Rivas Pri Discovery Academy DONNA | 413 | 87.7% | N/A |
| Zapata South Elementary School ZAPATA | 428 | 86.7% | 40.5% |
| Pasodale Elementary School EL PASO | 416 | 88.7% | 45.9% |
| Language Development Center EAGLE PASS | 440 | 86.4% | N/A |
| Sharp Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 432 | 88.4% | 52.0% |
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 Martin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #1,492 of 4,401 | #33 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #988 of 4,466 ▼ 299 | #21 of 93 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,117 of 4,466 ▼ 340 | #57 of 93 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,914 of 3,998 | #54 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #3,359 of 4,938 | #59 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,824 of 4,622 | #42 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.4% | #4,502 of 4,628 | #85 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.2% | #1,363 of 4,789 | #57 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #1,826 of 2,838 | #48 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
415
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 795
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 415 | 26.9 | 15.4:1 | 87% (362) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 28.6 | 14.5:1 | 89% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 29.1 | 15.1:1 | 88% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 93% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 31.6 | 14.9:1 | 89% (422) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 97% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 776 | 46 | 16.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 795 | 75 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (473 to 415); teachers down 15% (31.6 to 26.9).
About Martin Elementary School
Martin Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. It serves 415 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
Within BROWNSVILLE ISD, Martin Elementary School is one of 52 schools. The district enrolls 37,097 students.
At Martin Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 99% of the student body. Among all residents of Cameron County, the Hispanic share is about 89%. By the diversity index, Martin Elementary School comes in at 1%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.4:1, with 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 87%. That is close to the 84% average for public schools in Cameron County.
allk12 grades Martin Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 36.4% for a school in Texas with Martin Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Martin Elementary School posts 49.3%.
In Cameron County (population about 426,120), median household income is about $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 187 public schools operate in Cameron County, serving about 97,392 students.
The closest public school to Martin Elementary School is Stell Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Martin Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Martin Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Martin Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
The student count in 2024-25 was 415, 7% below the 444 of 2020-21.
Discussions about Martin Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Martin Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 7 states are named Martin Elementary. Martin Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 12.
- Martin Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 654 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolWEATHERFORD, TX · 547 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 537 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolBEAUMONT, TX · 517 students
- Martin Elementary SchoolLake in the Hills, IL · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Stell Middle School0.7 mi · 733
- Sharp Elementary School0.8 mi · 432
- Triumph Public High Schools-Brownsville0.8 mi · 122
- Texasworks - Brownsville0.8 mi · 16
- Premier H S of Brownsville0.8 mi · 147
- Perez Elementary School0.8 mi · 615
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Martin Elementary School?
Martin Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Martin Elementary School serve?
Martin Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Martin Elementary School have?
Martin Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is Martin Elementary School?
Martin Elementary School reports a student body of 99% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Martin Elementary School?
Martin 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.