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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168000665
Russell Elementary School
800 LAKESIDE BLVD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520 · (956) 548-8960 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% 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.
- AThree-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
15.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
409 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 | 63 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
3%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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +50.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 50 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Russell Elementary School
Russell Elementary School's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Elementary School this school | 418 | 97.8% | 43.1% |
| Capistrano Elementary School EL PASO | 415 | 97.8% | 22.8% |
| Macdonell Elementary School LAREDO | 426 | 98.6% | 67.7% |
| Carmen Anaya Elementary School PHARR | 429 | 97.2% | 51.3% |
| Grulla Elementary School GRULLA | 414 | 97.3% | 57.4% |
| Sgt Leonel Trevino Elementary School SAN JUAN | 401 | 98.0% | 41.3% |
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 Russell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #2,193 of 4,401 | #52 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #915 of 4,466 ▲ 1,081 | #18 of 93 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,895 of 4,466 ▲ 90 | #49 of 93 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #510 of 3,998 | #9 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #3,336 of 4,938 | #58 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,817 of 4,622 | #41 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.8% | #4,426 of 4,628 | #69 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #204 of 4,789 | #12 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.2% | #243 of 2,838 | #4 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
418
-167 (-29%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 1,003
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 418 | 27.1 | 15.4:1 | 98% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 31.1 | 15.3:1 | 98% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 98% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 95% (557) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 39.7 | 16.8:1 | 100% (663) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 48 | 17.8:1 | 97% (829) |
| 2010-11 | 948 | 60 | 15.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 700 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 2% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 1,003 | 42 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Russell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (666 to 418); teachers down 32% (39.7 to 27.1).
About Russell Elementary School
Russell Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. It had 418 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
The district for Russell Elementary School is BROWNSVILLE ISD, with 52 schools and 37,097 students.
The share of students at Russell Elementary School who are Hispanic is 99%. By comparison, Cameron County residents are about 89% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 3, compared with 70 nationally.
Russell Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.4 students per teacher, from 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Russell Elementary School, 98% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cameron County average 84%.
On the allk12 Grade, Russell Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 73% of Texas public elementary schools.
The model predicts 31.9% for a school in Texas with Russell Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Russell Elementary School posts 43.1%.
In the surrounding county, Cameron County, the median household earns about $52,601 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Russell Elementary School, Cameron County has 187 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Harmony Science Academy - Brownsville is about 0.3 miles from Russell Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Russell Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Russell Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment fell 29% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Russell Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Russell Elementary. Russell Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Russell ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 739 students
- Russell Elementary SchoolWarner Robins, GA · 576 students
- Russell Elementary SchoolSmyrna, GA · 568 students
- Russell Elementary SchoolBroomall, PA · 400 students
- RUSSELL ELEM.HAZELWOOD, MO · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Harmony Science Academy - Brownsville0.3 mi · 508
- Triumph Public High Schools-Brownsville0.7 mi · 122
- Stell Middle School0.8 mi · 733
- Bryss Academy0.9 mi · 555
- Bryss Academy High School0.9 mi · 27
- Skinner Elementary School0.9 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About Russell Elementary SchoolHow large is Russell Elementary School?
Russell Elementary School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Russell Elementary School serve?
Russell Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Russell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Russell Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Russell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Russell Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees Russell Elementary School?
Russell Elementary School is overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD in Cameron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.