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BROWNSVILLE ISD

Brownsville, Texas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

36,140
Students enrolled
52
Public schools
2,427
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.9:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 3,307
  • Kindergarten 2,118
  • Grade 1 2,317
  • Grade 2 2,232
  • Grade 3 2,432
  • Grade 4 2,423
  • Grade 5 2,373
  • Grade 6 2,363
  • Grade 7 2,391
  • Grade 8 2,559
  • Grade 9 3,008
  • Grade 10 3,009
  • Grade 11 2,987
  • Grade 12 2,621

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 99%
  • White 1%
  • Asian <1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Two or more races <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 32,265 of 36,132 students in the 48 of its 49 schools that report
  • Free lunch 89%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,406 spent per student on day-to-day operations Texas median: $13,954 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,335
  • Support services $4,959
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,111

Where the money comes from

  • Local 16%
  • State 58%
  • Federal 26%

Total revenue $610.4 milliontotal spending $584.2 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: MidsizeStudents: 87% city, 11% rural, 2% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

5,686

District office

1900 PRICE RD, Brownsville TX 78521

County

Cameron County

Official website

NCES District ID

4811680

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About BROWNSVILLE ISD

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Mission Statement: Brownsville Independent School District, rich in cultural heritage, will produce well-educated graduates who can pursue higher educational opportunities and who will become responsible citizens in a changing global society by utilizing all resources to provide equitable opportunities for students.
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