📍 4750 Austin Rd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Perkins Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 571 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Baleria Magana. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 52.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. 18% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Perkins Middle enrolls 571 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 52.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 562 | 98% |
| White | 8 | 1.4% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
549 of the school's 571 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 423 qualify for free lunch and 126 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Perkins 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.
Perkins 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 571 students, Perkins 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