📍 855 Military Hwy, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78520
Garden Park el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 398 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cesar Murillo. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Garden Park el enrolls 398 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 392 | 98% |
| White | 5 | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
394 of the school's 398 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 314 qualify for free lunch and 80 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Garden Park 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 38.
Garden Park 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 398 students, Garden Park 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