Egly Elementary School
Public elementary school in Brownsville, Texas · Brownsville ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Egly Elementary School serves 520 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Brownsville (Cameron County). It is one of 48 schools in Brownsville ISD. By enrollment it is the 2327th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 14.5 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 35.75 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 | 481168000650 |
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 | 520 | 36,140 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 14.5 | 15 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 92.9% | 89.3% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 44% 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.
Egly Elementary School in context
Size
Of the 31 elementary schools in Brownsville ISD, Egly Elementary School is the 19th largest, with 1.4% of the district's students. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 665; Egly Elementary School is smaller 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 94 students, and its smallest is grade 1 with 57, against an average of 74 per grade. This year grade 5 has 16% more students than kindergarten (73 against 63). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 94 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 96.9% here and 98.5% across Brownsville ISD. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
92.9% of its students are eligible 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
With 35.75 full-time-equivalent teachers for 520 students, Egly Elementary School has 14.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 520 students would have about 35.1 teachers, so Egly Elementary School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Egly Elementary School is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. The nearest other elementary school is Perez Elementary School, 0.8 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 44 other elementary schools, 35 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 96.9% |
| White | 1.7% |
| Black | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.4% |
52.1% of students are girls and 47.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 94 |
| Kindergarten | 63 |
| Grade 1 | 57 |
| Grade 2 | 82 |
| Grade 3 | 72 |
| Grade 4 | 79 |
| Grade 5 | 73 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
445 Land O'Lakes, Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: (956)548-8850
Website: bisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Egly Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perez Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 0.8 mi | 615 | 15.9 | 95.4% |
| Hudson Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.4 mi | 751 | 16.5 | 81% |
| Gonzalez Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.5 mi | 596 | 15.5 | 88.8% |
| Martin Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.6 mi | 415 | 15.4 | 87.2% |
| Canales Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.6 mi | 630 | 16.7 | 97.9% |
| Cromack - Castaneda Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.7 mi | 823 | 16.1 | 98.8% |
| IDEA Robindale Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.7 mi | 699 | 21.8 | 88% |
| Champion Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.9 mi | 710 | 17.7 | 94.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.