PUTEGNAT EL

Set in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, PUTEGNAT EL is a medium-sized elementary-level community, part of BROWNSVILLE ISD. It educates 444 students across grades pre-K through 5.

PUTEGNAT EL is one of 52 schools operated by BROWNSVILLE ISD, a district that instructs 37,097 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PUTEGNAT EL records that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 2% White.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cameron County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PUTEGNAT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.2%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of +7.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Cameron County shows the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. PUTEGNAT EL is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students).

The closest other public school is SHARP EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PUTEGNAT EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. PUTEGNAT EL's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 458 (now 444).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.