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What's something STELL MIDDLE does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
733
Middle
DISTRICT 731 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168000668
STELL MIDDLE
1105 LOS EBANOS BLVD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520 · (956) 548-8560 · Cameron County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
672 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle 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
54.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
733
-308 (-30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.8:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
99%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About STELL MIDDLE
STELL MIDDLE operates as a reasonably sized intermediate school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, one of the schools within BROWNSVILLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 733 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
STELL MIDDLE is one of 52 schools operated by BROWNSVILLE ISD, a district that educates 37,097 students overall.
On the student-mix side, STELL MIDDLE lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.
On the resource side, STELL MIDDLE lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), STELL MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.9%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of +8.7 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cameron County indicate the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. STELL MIDDLE is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students).
The closest other public school is TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-BROWNSVILLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around STELL MIDDLE. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STELL MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.4%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Five-year trend. STELL MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 30% since 2018, when it stood at 1,041 (now 733). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.
On this page, members of the STELL MIDDLE community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. 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 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
- TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-BROWNSVILLE0.1 mi · 122
- BRYSS ACADEMY H S0.3 mi · 27
- BRYSS ACADEMY0.3 mi · 555
- MARTIN EL0.7 mi · 415
- RUSSELL EL0.8 mi · 418
- HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - BROWNSVILLE0.9 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About STELL MIDDLEHow many students attend STELL MIDDLE?
STELL MIDDLE enrolls approximately 733 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does STELL MIDDLE serve?
STELL MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at STELL MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at STELL MIDDLE is approximately 13.2:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at STELL MIDDLE?
At STELL MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees STELL MIDDLE?
STELL MIDDLE is overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD in Cameron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.