Champion Elementary School
Public elementary school in Brownsville, Texas · Brownsville ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Champion Elementary School serves 710 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Brownsville (Cameron County). It is one of 48 schools in Brownsville ISD. By enrollment it is the 849th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 17.7 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Brownsville ISD |
| County | Cameron County |
| Area type | City, midsize |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481168008463 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Brownsville ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 710 | 36,140 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 17.7 | 15 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 94.8% | 89.3% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 90% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Champion Elementary School in context
Size
Of the 31 elementary schools in Brownsville ISD, Champion Elementary School is the 6th largest, with 2% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.8 miles away and have a median of 561 students, so Champion Elementary School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is pre-K with 136 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 77, against an average of 101 per grade. This year grade 5 has 23% more students than kindergarten (95 against 77). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 136 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 98.6% of enrollment, about the same share as across Brownsville ISD (98.5%).
94.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 89.3% across Brownsville ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Champion Elementary School has 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 710 students would have about 48 teachers, so Champion Elementary School has 7.8 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other elementary school is Del Castillo - Morningside Elementary School, 1.1 miles away in the same district. There are 28 elementary schools within 5 miles and 42 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 98.6% |
| White | 1.4% |
46.2% of students are girls and 53.8% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 136 |
| Kindergarten | 77 |
| Grade 1 | 93 |
| Grade 2 | 97 |
| Grade 3 | 117 |
| Grade 4 | 95 |
| Grade 5 | 95 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
4750 Bowie Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: (956)832-6200
Website: bisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Champion Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Castillo - Morningside Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.1 mi | 526 | 17 | 95.8% |
| Gonzalez Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.4 mi | 596 | 15.5 | 88.8% |
| El Jardin Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.5 mi | 389 | 16.9 | 97.4% |
| Cromack - Castaneda Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.7 mi | 823 | 16.1 | 98.8% |
| Garza at Southmost Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.8 mi | 524 | 14.3 | 93.5% |
| Egly Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.9 mi | 520 | 14.5 | 92.9% |
| IDEA Robindale Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 2.0 mi | 699 | 21.8 | 88% |
| Vermillion Road Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 2.0 mi | 654 | 15.6 | 97.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.