VERMILLION ROAD EL

Located at 6895 FM 802, in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, VERMILLION ROAD EL is a reasonably sized primary school that serves 654 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by BROWNSVILLE ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 26% bigger than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, VERMILLION ROAD EL records that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Cameron County as a whole is about 89% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, VERMILLION ROAD EL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cameron County (around 84%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VERMILLION ROAD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 44.9%, a residual of +12.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cameron County indicate median household income runs about $52,601, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. In all, Cameron County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), of which VERMILLION ROAD EL is one.

RIVERA EARLY COLLEGE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VERMILLION ROAD EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 825 students in 2018 compared to 654 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.