📍 6280 Southmost Rd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Besteiro Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 575 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Teresa Nunez. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Besteiro Middle enrolls 575 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and 1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 569 | 99% |
| White | 6 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
563 of the school's 575 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 406 qualify for free lunch and 157 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Besteiro Middle 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.
Besteiro Middle 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 575 students, Besteiro Middle is close to the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize