📍 4750 Bowie Rd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Champion el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 655 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lorena Medina. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Champion el enrolls 655 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 644 | 98% |
| White | 11 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
625 of the school's 655 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 466 qualify for free lunch and 159 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Champion 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 37.
Champion 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 655 students, Champion 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