📍 4975 Salida de la Luna, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78526
Pena el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 472 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Anabel Martinez. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pena el enrolls 472 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
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 | 468 | 99% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
413 of the school's 472 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 273 qualify for free lunch and 140 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pena 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.
Pena 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 472 students, Pena 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