📍 7942 Southmost Rd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Palm Grove el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 305 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Myrta Garza. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Palm Grove el enrolls 305 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 297 | 97% |
| White | 5 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
297 of the school's 305 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 231 qualify for free lunch and 66 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Palm Grove 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.
Palm Grove 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 305 students, Palm Grove 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