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Enrollment
889
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168012077
Pullam Elementary School
3200 MADRID AVE, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520 · (956) 547-3700 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL889 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
601 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 | 153 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (142).
Student demographics
6%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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
73.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +55.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 73 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 55 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 33.0% | 18.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 33.0% | 18.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 73.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 70.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 Pullam Elementary School
Pullam Elementary School's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pullam Elementary School this school | 889 | 67.6% | 71.3% |
| Uhland Elementary School UHLAND | 919 | 66.7% | 35.1% |
| Scotsdale Elementary School EL PASO | 749 | 67.0% | 64.8% |
| Camino Real Elementary School NIEDERWALD | 962 | 71.2% | 31.6% |
| Zavala Elementary School PECOS | 861 | 63.5% | 28.0% |
| Treasure Hills Elementary School HARLINGEN | 758 | 69.4% | 41.5% |
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 Pullam Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #278 of 4,401 | #1 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #314 of 4,466 ▼ 37 | #7 of 93 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #712 of 4,466 ▼ 179 | #6 of 93 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #831 of 3,998 | #15 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 889 | #226 of 4,938 | #1 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #3,876 of 4,622 | #79 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.9% | #4,283 of 4,628 | #47 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #2,687 of 4,789 | #88 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.5% | #364 of 1,307 | #7 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
889
+49 (+6%) vs 2020
+77% since 2010-11, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 889 | 52.3 | 17.0:1 | 68% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 905 | 52.3 | 17.3:1 | 71% (641) |
| 2022-23 | 841 | 50.9 | 16.5:1 | 71% (599) |
| 2020-21 | 840 | 48 | 17.5:1 | 77% (648) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 38.6 | 18.8:1 | 87% (628) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 84% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pullam Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (726 to 889); teachers up 36% (38.6 to 52.3).
About Pullam Elementary School
Pullam Elementary School runs as a high-enrollment elementary school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. It enrolled 889 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
A total of 52 schools make up BROWNSVILLE ISD, with 37,097 students enrolled.
The large majority of students at Pullam Elementary School, 97%, are Hispanic. Pullam Elementary School has a diversity index of 6%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 17.0 students per teacher and 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 68%. That rate is below the 84% average among public schools in Cameron County.
BeatsExpectations places Pullam 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 26.4 points above it (71.3% actual, 44.8% predicted).
Among Cameron County residents, 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. Federal data list 187 public schools in Cameron County, with a combined enrollment of about 97,392.
The closest public school to Pullam Elementary School is Benavides Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Pullam Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
NCES assigns Pullam Elementary School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The number of students climbed from 840 to 889 over 4 years.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Pullam Elementary School. 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
Nearby schools
- Benavides Elementary School0.9 mi · 818
- Yturria Elementary School1.0 mi · 526
- Stillman Middle School1.1 mi · 964
- Jubilee Brownsville1.2 mi · 999
- Manzano Middle School1.3 mi · 837
- Keller Elementary School1.4 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Pullam Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pullam Elementary School?
Pullam Elementary School enrolls approximately 889 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pullam Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pullam Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pullam Elementary School have?
Pullam Elementary School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Pullam Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pullam Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Pullam Elementary School in?
Pullam Elementary School is part of BROWNSVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.