📍 450 S Browne Ave, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78521
Brite el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 545 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Myrta Castillo. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Brite el enrolls 545 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 540 | 99% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
517 of the school's 545 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 349 qualify for free lunch and 168 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Brite el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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.
Brite 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 545 students, Brite 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: Suburb - Midsize