📍 444 Land O Lakes, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Oliveira Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 802 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sonia Saenz. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 61.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Oliveira Middle enrolls 802 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 61.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 792 | 99% |
| White | 6 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
758 of the school's 802 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 602 qualify for free lunch and 156 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Oliveira 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.
Oliveira 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 802 students, Oliveira Middle is larger than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize