📍 9705 Cajun Blvd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78526
Dora Romero el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 587 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ramon Escareno. It is part of the Los Fresnos Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 37.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dora Romero el enrolls 587 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 37.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 570 | 97% |
| White | 15 | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
463 of the school's 587 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 463 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dora Romero el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Dora Romero el is one of 14 schools in LOS FRESNOS CISD, based in LOS FRESNOS, Texas. The district serves 10,357 students district-wide and employs 683 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 587 students, Dora Romero el is smaller than the district average of about 740 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe