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Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168000660
Perez Elementary School
2514 SHIDLER DR, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 982-2800 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% 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.
- BThree-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
15.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
587 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 | 122 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
2%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% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +42.0pp 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 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 42 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% |
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% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Perez Elementary School
Perez Elementary School's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perez Elementary School this school | 615 | 95.4% | 44.9% |
| Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School RIO GRANDE CITY | 604 | 96.4% | 31.4% |
| Aiken Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 630 | 96.3% | 46.8% |
| Dr Maria Palmira Mendiola Elementary School MISSION | 583 | 95.5% | 32.7% |
| Milton Elementary School LAREDO | 651 | 94.6% | 47.9% |
| Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School LAREDO | 612 | 97.2% | 50.8% |
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 Perez Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,975 of 4,401 | #48 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,636 of 4,466 ▲ 259 | #52 of 93 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,116 of 4,466 ▼ 537 | #56 of 93 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,697 of 3,998 | #49 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #1,495 of 4,938 | #21 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,253 of 4,622 | #52 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.3% | #4,455 of 4,628 | #75 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #447 of 4,789 | #19 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.9% | #243 of 1,307 | #5 of 22 |
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
615
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 769
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 615 | 38.6 | 15.9:1 | 95% (587) |
| 2023-24 | 618 | 40.9 | 15.1:1 | 96% (591) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 42.3 | 14.8:1 | 96% (600) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 97% (604) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 96% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 95% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 1% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 769 | 15 | 51.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perez Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (470 to 615); teachers up 13% (34 to 38.6).
About Perez Elementary School
Perez Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 615 students.
BROWNSVILLE ISD enrolls 37,097 students, and its 52 schools include Perez Elementary School.
Hispanic students make up 99% of enrollment at Perez Elementary School. Census figures show Cameron County is about 89% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 2% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 38.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 15.9:1 here. Around 95% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 84% average among public schools in Cameron County.
The allk12 Grade for Perez Elementary School is B+. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Perez Elementary School is 11.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Within Cameron County, the median household income is $52,601, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 21%. In all, Cameron County has 187 public schools and roughly 97,392 students.
Hanna Early College High School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Perez Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Perez Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 624 to 615. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 13.9:1 to 15.9:1.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Perez Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Perez Elementary. Perez Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Perez Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 460 students
- Perez Elementary SchoolKINGSVILLE, TX · 364 students
- Perez Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Hanna Early College High School0.7 mi · 2,039
- Texasworks - Brownsville0.7 mi · 16
- Premier H S of Brownsville0.7 mi · 147
- Egly Elementary School0.8 mi · 520
- Martin Elementary School0.8 mi · 415
- Oliveira Middle School0.9 mi · 699
Frequently asked questions
About Perez Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Perez Elementary School?
Perez Elementary School enrolls approximately 615 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Perez Elementary School serve?
Perez Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Perez Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Perez Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Perez Elementary School?
Student demographics at Perez Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is Perez Elementary School in?
Perez Elementary School is part of BROWNSVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.