📍 2700 Avenida Rancho Viejo, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Gallegos el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 396 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cynthia Cardenas. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gallegos el enrolls 396 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 395 | 100% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
391 of the school's 396 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 315 qualify for free lunch and 76 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gallegos 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.
Gallegos 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 396 students, Gallegos el is smaller than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize