📍 1974 Alton Gloor Blvd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Burns el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 604 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Maria Garcia. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Burns el enrolls 604 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 583 | 97% |
| White | 21 | 3.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
559 of the school's 604 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 410 qualify for free lunch and 149 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Burns 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 38.
Burns 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 604 students, Burns el 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