VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S

VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S is a high-enrollment high school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD. The school educates 2,216 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 178% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

BROWNSVILLE ISD comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 37,097 students; VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S is among them.

On the student-mix side, VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The wider county runs roughly 89% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S has 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cameron County (around 84%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.9%; actual is 67.8%, +21.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Cameron County reports that median household earnings sit near $52,601, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. In all, Cameron County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), of which VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S is one.

The closest other public school is VILLA NUEVA EL, roughly 1.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S's enrollment has expanded 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,948 (now 2,216). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.