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Enrollment
798
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168008464
Paredes Elementary School
3700 HERITAGE TRL, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 574-5582 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL798 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
640 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 | 174 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
7%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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 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 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 27.0% | 18.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 34.0% | 16.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 64.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% 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 26 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 Paredes Elementary School
Paredes Elementary School's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paredes Elementary School this school | 798 | 80.2% | 65.1% |
| Benavides Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 818 | 78.9% | 68.1% |
| Hudson Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 751 | 81.0% | 58.7% |
| Camino Real Elementary School DALE | 815 | 80.9% | 16.1% |
| Julia Bird Jones Muller Elementary School LAREDO | 768 | 81.8% | 50.3% |
| IDEA McAllen Academy MCALLEN | 738 | 78.3% | 45.5% |
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 Paredes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #512 of 4,401 | #7 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #454 of 4,466 ▼ 157 | #10 of 93 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,000 of 4,466 ▼ 555 | #15 of 93 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #553 of 3,998 | #8 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 798 | #457 of 4,938 | #4 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #3,584 of 4,622 | #64 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.9% | #4,235 of 4,628 | #36 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.2% | #1,945 of 4,789 | #74 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #1,372 of 2,838 | #36 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
798
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 1,088
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 798 | 48.5 | 16.5:1 | 80% (640) |
| 2023-24 | 776 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 83% (641) |
| 2022-23 | 778 | 52.2 | 14.9:1 | 86% (666) |
| 2020-21 | 797 | 48 | 16.6:1 | 85% (674) |
| 2017-18 | 969 | 53.3 | 18.2:1 | 90% (872) |
| 2015-16 | 849 | 48 | 17.7:1 | 85% (718) |
| 2010-11 | 1,088 | 69 | 15.8:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paredes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (969 to 798); teachers down 9% (53.3 to 48.5).
About Paredes Elementary School
Paredes Elementary School is a large elementary school in BROWNSVILLE ISD, located in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. Enrolled students number 798 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 54% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
The BROWNSVILLE ISD system has 52 schools and 37,097 students.
Federal enrollment data show Paredes Elementary School is 96% Hispanic. Paredes Elementary School's diversity index is 7%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 48.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 16.5:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 80% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
BeatsExpectations places Paredes Elementary School in the top 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 25.7 points above it (65.1% actual, 39.4% predicted).
Cameron County has these Census figures: the median household income is $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cameron County is home to 187 public schools and about 97,392 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, IDEA Brownsville Academy is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Paredes Elementary School. On proficiency, Paredes Elementary School is ahead of the 50.0% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Paredes Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment went from 797 in 2020-21 to 798 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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
Nearby schools
- IDEA Brownsville Academy0.5 mi · 702
- IDEA Brownsville College Preparatory0.5 mi · 783
- Jubilee Leadership Academy0.7 mi · 545
- Harmony School of Innovation - Brownsville0.9 mi · 498
- Vela Middle School0.9 mi · 658
- Gallegos Elementary School0.9 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Paredes Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Paredes Elementary School?
Paredes Elementary School enrolls approximately 798 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Paredes Elementary School serve?
Paredes Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Paredes Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Paredes Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Paredes Elementary School?
At Paredes Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Paredes Elementary School public or private?
Paredes Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.