OLMITO EL

Located at 2500 ARROYO BLVD, in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, OLMITO EL is a mid-sized primary school that serves 538 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within LOS FRESNOS CISD.

LOS FRESNOS CISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 10,357 students; OLMITO EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OLMITO EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% White.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, OLMITO EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cameron County (around 84%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, OLMITO EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cameron County shows the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. OLMITO EL is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students).

Nearest neighbor: IDEA SPORTS PARK COLLEGE PREPARATORY, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OLMITO EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OLMITO EL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 51.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OLMITO EL has shrank 16%, going from 638 students in 2018 to 538 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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