Public school district · City: Mid-size
Texas · Cameron County

Brownsville ISD

36,140 students · 52 schools · 14.9:1 ratio · grades PreK–12 · #33 of 1211 in Texas

Students
36,140
Schools
52
Teachers (FTE)
2,427
Student–Teacher
14.9:1
County
Cameron
Grades
PreK–12
OverviewEnrollmentDemographicsStaffingFundingPerformanceAccreditationCompareFull data
Overview

About Brownsville ISD

Brownsville ISD is a public school system serving Cameron County, Texas, based in Brownsville. It serves 36,140 students across 52 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #33 largest of Texas’s 1211 school systems.

Phone9565488011
Address1900 Price Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521
CountyCameron County
Enrollment & schools

Size and structure

Brownsville ISD enrolls 36,140 students in 52 schools — an average of about 695 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #33 of 1211 statewide by enrollment.

Students
36,140
#33 of 1211 in Texas
Schools
52
~695 students each
Grade span
PreK–12
City: Mid-size
Students & demographics

Who the district serves

Student race and ethnicity in Brownsville ISD, from the NCES Common Core of Data (36,140 students reported):

White
1%
Black
0%
Hispanic
99%
Asian
0%
Two or more
0%
Amer. Indian
0%
Pacific Isl.
0%

For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.

Staffing & support

Teachers & staff

Brownsville ISD employs about 2,427 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.9:1 — below the Texas average of about 14.9:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 5,686.

Student–teacher ratio
14.9:1
state avg ~14.9:1
Teachers (FTE)
2,427
classroom teachers
Total staff
5,686
all district employees

Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.

Funding

How Texas funds schools

Texas funds districts through the Foundation School Program, combining state aid and local property taxes. It starts from a Basic Allotment per student in average daily attendance — $6,215 for 2025–26 after HB 2 (2025) raised it from $6,160 — then adds weighted allotments for compensatory, bilingual, special-education, career-and-technical and other needs. Property-wealthy districts return excess local revenue to the state through recapture (“Robin Hood”) for redistribution.

District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Brownsville ISD are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.

Accountability

Report card & state results

Texas assigns A–F accountability ratings across Student Achievement, School Progress and Closing the Gaps. Look up Brownsville ISD’s ratings through the TEA School and District Accountability portal, which links to the TXschools.gov rating lookup.

Accreditation

Accreditation status

Texas accredits public districts itself: the Texas Education Agency assigns each district an accreditation status (Accredited, Accredited-Warned, Accredited-Probation or Not Accredited-Revoked), separate from any voluntary Cognia accreditation. See the Texas Education Agency for a district’s status.

How it compares

Brownsville ISD vs. Texas

Enrollment rank
#33
of 1211 districts
Ratio
14.9:1
state avg ~14.9:1
Locale
City: Mid-size
Cameron County

See every Texas district side by side in the Texas directory.

Go deeper

Look up Brownsville ISD’s full data

These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):

Data & sources

About this data

Enrollment, demographics, staffing, locale and contact details reflect the NCES Common Core of Data (2024–25); funding context from the Texas Legislature (the Foundation School Program) and NEA Rankings & Estimates 2026. Figures are the latest available and may lag the current school year. This page is informational, not an official district record, and not affiliated with or endorsed by Brownsville ISD. NCES District ID (LEAID): 4811680. Confirm current details with the district and the Texas Education Agency.