📍 6911 Boca Chica Blvd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
El Jardin el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 360 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Leticia Briones. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
El Jardin el enrolls 360 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino and 2.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 352 | 98% |
| White | 8 | 2.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
347 of the school's 360 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 279 qualify for free lunch and 68 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
El Jardin el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 37.
El Jardin el is one of 56 schools in BROWNSVILLE ISD, based in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. The district serves 36,140 students district-wide and employs 2,575 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 360 students, El Jardin el is smaller than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize