📍 800 Lakeside Blvd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78520
Russell el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 486 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Susana Zapata-burguete. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Russell el enrolls 486 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 482 | 99% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
476 of the school's 486 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 391 qualify for free lunch and 85 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Russell 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.
Russell 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 486 students, Russell 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