📍 7455 Old Military Rd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78520
Villa Nueva el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 361 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Betsy Iglesias. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Villa Nueva el enrolls 361 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 355 | 98% |
| White | 5 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
338 of the school's 361 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 233 qualify for free lunch and 105 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Villa Nueva el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Villa Nueva 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 361 students, Villa Nueva 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: Rural - Fringe