📍 3700 Heritage Trl, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Paredes el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 778 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Timothy Cuff. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Paredes el enrolls 778 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% Asian and 1.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 748 | 96% |
| Asian | 12 | 1.5% |
| White | 11 | 1.4% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
666 of the school's 778 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 576 qualify for free lunch and 90 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Paredes 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.
Paredes 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 778 students, Paredes el 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