📍 2500 W Alton Gloor Blvd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Ortiz el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 500 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Julie Pena. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 35.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ortiz el enrolls 500 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 35.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 497 | 99% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
461 of the school's 500 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 333 qualify for free lunch and 128 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ortiz 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.
Ortiz 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 500 students, Ortiz 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