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What's the one class at PACE EARLY COLLEGE H S every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,621
High
DISTRICT 1,453 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168000643
Pace Early College High School
314 W LOS EBANOS BLVD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520 · (956) 548-7700 · Cameron County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,621 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Texas public high schools
- BTest 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.
- CThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
105 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
1,524 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 440 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 417 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 428 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 336 | 21% |
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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 45.0% | 18.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 30.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 24 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 Pace Early College High School
Pace Early College High School's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pace Early College High School this school | 1,621 | 94.0% | 57.1% |
| Porter Early College High School BROWNSVILLE | 1,543 | 93.3% | 52.1% |
| Psja Southwest Early College High School PHARR | 1,588 | 95.1% | 51.3% |
| Rio Grande City High School RIO GRANDE CITY | 1,670 | 96.2% | 42.7% |
| Donna North High School DONNA | 1,974 | 94.5% | 33.8% |
| Edcouch-Elsa High School ELSA | 1,309 | 93.4% | 32.2% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Pace Early College High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #583 of 1,385 | #11 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #477 of 1,425 ▼ 151 | #9 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #826 of 1,425 ▲ 73 | #14 of 27 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #761 of 1,184 | #17 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,621 | #426 of 2,107 | #9 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #811 of 1,344 | #16 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.0% | #1,327 of 1,346 | #26 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #92 of 1,522 | #6 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #99 of 557 | #5 of 15 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,621
-443 (-21%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 1,897
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 1,621 | 104.8 | 15.5:1 | 94% (1,524) |
| 2023-24 | 1,629 | 112.9 | 14.4:1 | 94% (1,537) |
| 2022-23 | 1,788 | 121 | 14.8:1 | 92% (1,652) |
| 2020-21 | 2,064 | 133 | 15.5:1 | 88% (1,815) |
| 2017-18 | 2,057 | 139.4 | 14.8:1 | 100% (2,051) |
| 2015-16 | 2,034 | 140 | 14.5:1 | 100% (2,030) |
| 2010-11 | 2,106 | 155 | 13.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,884 | 139 | 13.6:1 | 46% (862) |
| 1990-91 | 1,897 | 185 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pace Early College High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (2,057 to 1,621); teachers down 25% (139.4 to 104.8).
About Pace Early College High School
Pace Early College High School is a large high school in Texas, located in BROWNSVILLE. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 1,621 students. Statewide, high schools in Texas average about 796 students each.
Pace Early College High School is run by BROWNSVILLE ISD, whose 52 schools enroll 37,097 students.
Pace Early College High School enrolls a student body that is 100% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cameron County is roughly 89% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Pace Early College High School comes in at 1%.
Pace Early College High School operates with 104.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.5:1. High schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. Pace Early College High School reports 94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 84% average for public schools in Cameron County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Pace Early College High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 57.1%, is 23.5 points above the 33.5% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Texas schools.
Within Cameron County, median household income is about $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cameron County number 187 and enroll about 97,392.
The closest public school, Garden Park Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles from Pace Early College High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Pace Early College High School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Pace Early College High School saw enrollment fall 21% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Porter Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,543 students
- Stillman Middle SchoolMiddle · 964 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
- Porter Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,543 students
- Jubilee BrownsvilleCombined · 999 students
Nearby schools
- Garden Park Elementary School0.5 mi · 372
- Jubilee Living Way0.8 mi · 363
- Russell Elementary School1.0 mi · 418
- Bryss Academy1.0 mi · 555
- Bryss Academy High School1.0 mi · 27
- Triumph Public High Schools-Brownsville1.1 mi · 122
Frequently asked questions
About Pace Early College High SchoolHow large is Pace Early College High School?
Pace Early College High School enrolls approximately 1,621 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Pace Early College High School serve?
Pace Early College High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pace Early College High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pace Early College High School is approximately 15.5:1 (105 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pace Early College High School?
At Pace Early College High School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 100% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is Pace Early College High School in?
Pace Early College High School is part of BROWNSVILLE ISD.
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