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What tradition at VERMILLION ROAD EL should never be changed?
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Enrollment
654
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168005416
Vermillion Road Elementary School
6895 FM 802, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78521 · (956) 831-6060 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL654 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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.
- CThree-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
15.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
640 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 | 146 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
2%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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp 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 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Vermillion Road Elementary School
Vermillion Road Elementary School's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermillion Road Elementary School this school | 654 | 97.9% | 44.9% |
| Henry Ford Elementary School PHARR | 643 | 98.1% | 40.1% |
| Canales Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 630 | 97.9% | 29.6% |
| David G Burnet Elementary School DALLAS | 631 | 97.3% | 44.7% |
| De Chaumes Elementary School HOUSTON | 680 | 96.5% | 39.0% |
| Aiken Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 630 | 96.3% | 46.8% |
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 Vermillion Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,976 of 4,401 | #49 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,637 of 4,466 ▼ 57 | #53 of 93 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,010 of 4,466 ▲ 198 | #53 of 93 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,062 of 3,998 | #18 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 654 | #1,223 of 4,938 | #16 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,965 of 4,622 | #46 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.1% | #4,461 of 4,628 | #77 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #202 of 4,789 | #11 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #1,112 of 2,838 | #27 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
654
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 862
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 654 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 98% (640) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 42.1 | 15.3:1 | 99% (634) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 99% (613) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 95% (641) |
| 2017-18 | 825 | 47 | 17.5:1 | 99% (820) |
| 2015-16 | 833 | 48 | 17.4:1 | 98% (819) |
| 2010-11 | 924 | 57 | 16.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,437 | 77 | 18.7:1 | 23% (329) |
| 1990-91 | 862 | 63 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vermillion Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (825 to 654); teachers down 11% (47 to 42).
About Vermillion Road Elementary School
Vermillion Road Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, administered by BROWNSVILLE ISD. The school had 654 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
Vermillion Road Elementary School is a school in BROWNSVILLE ISD. The district has 52 schools and 37,097 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Vermillion Road Elementary School, with 99% of enrollment. County-wide, 89% of Cameron County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Vermillion Road Elementary School comes in at 2%.
Vermillion Road Elementary School employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Vermillion Road Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 98%. The rate at public schools in Cameron County averages 84%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for Vermillion Road Elementary School is B+. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Vermillion Road Elementary School is 12.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 44.9%. Predicted: 31.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cameron County show that median household income is about $52,601, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 21% of people live in poverty. Vermillion Road Elementary School is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County, which together enroll about 97,392 students.
The next-closest public school is Rivera Early College High School, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Vermillion Road Elementary School. On proficiency, Vermillion Road Elementary School is behind the 46.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 654 was 3% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 674.
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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
Nearby schools
- Rivera Early College High School0.2 mi · 2,150
- Garcia Middle School0.8 mi · 870
- Lucio Middle School1.4 mi · 627
- El Jardin Elementary School1.4 mi · 389
- Pena Elementary School1.6 mi · 501
- Perkins Middle School1.8 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Vermillion Road Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Vermillion Road Elementary School?
Vermillion Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 654 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Vermillion Road Elementary School serve?
Vermillion Road Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Vermillion Road Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Vermillion Road Elementary School.
How diverse is Vermillion Road Elementary School?
Vermillion Road Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Vermillion Road Elementary School public or private?
Vermillion Road Elementary School 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.