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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168000666
SHARP EL
1439 PALM BLVD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520 · (956) 982-2930 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
382 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +49.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 49 points.
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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 15 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
432
-66 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.2:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
99%
was 98%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SHARP EL
SHARP EL is a primary school of close-knit scale in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, operated by BROWNSVILLE ISD, enrolling 432 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 52 schools in BROWNSVILLE ISD (37,097 students total), SHARP EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, SHARP EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). By comparison, Cameron County as a whole is about 89% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SHARP EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at SHARP EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SHARP EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 50.3%, a residual of +15.0 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Cameron County indicate median household income runs about $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), SHARP EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: MARTIN EL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SHARP EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.6%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHARP EL has contracted 13%, going from 498 students in 2018 to 432 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for SHARP EL typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 H SHigh · 2,216 students
- RIVERA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,150 students
- HANNA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,039 students
- LOPEZ EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,739 students
- PACE EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,621 students
- PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,543 students
Other schools in BROWNSVILLE
- VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,216 students
- RIVERA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,150 students
- HANNA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,039 students
- LOPEZ EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,739 students
- PACE EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,621 students
- PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,543 students
Nearby schools
- MARTIN EL0.8 mi · 415
- PUTEGNAT EL0.8 mi · 444
- HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - BROWNSVILLE0.8 mi · 508
- SKINNER EL0.9 mi · 344
- RUSSELL EL1.1 mi · 418
- TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-BROWNSVILLE1.2 mi · 122
Frequently asked questions
About SHARP ELHow large is SHARP EL?
SHARP EL enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SHARP EL serve?
SHARP EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SHARP EL?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at SHARP EL.
What is the student diversity at SHARP EL?
Student demographics at SHARP EL are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is SHARP EL public or private?
SHARP EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.