PACE EARLY COLLEGE H S

As a big senior high in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, PACE EARLY COLLEGE H S instructs 1,621 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within BROWNSVILLE ISD. That puts it 104% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

BROWNSVILLE ISD runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 37,097 students. PACE EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PACE EARLY COLLEGE H S reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). By comparison, Cameron County as a whole is about 89% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cameron County's rate of about 84%.

After controlling for student poverty, PACE EARLY COLLEGE H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.8%; PACE EARLY COLLEGE H S posts 58.4%, +25.6 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cameron County) reports that median household income runs about $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), PACE EARLY COLLEGE H S is one campus in the mix.

GARDEN PARK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PACE EARLY COLLEGE H S comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

PACE EARLY COLLEGE H S operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PACE EARLY COLLEGE H S has declined 21%, going from 2,057 students in 2018 to 1,621 in 2025.

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