RUSSELL EL

RUSSELL EL is an intimate primary school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, operated by BROWNSVILLE ISD. The school teaches 418 students in grades pre-K through 5.

BROWNSVILLE ISD comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 37,097 students; RUSSELL EL is among them.

Demographically, RUSSELL EL shows that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 89% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, RUSSELL EL reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cameron County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, RUSSELL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cameron County put median household earnings sit near $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), RUSSELL EL is one campus in the mix.

HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - BROWNSVILLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RUSSELL EL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.

RUSSELL EL operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RUSSELL EL has decreased 37%, going from 666 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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