Gallegos Elementary School
Public elementary school in Brownsville, Texas · Brownsville ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Gallegos Elementary School serves 390 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Brownsville (Cameron County). It is one of 48 schools in Brownsville ISD. By enrollment it is the 3530th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15 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 ÷ 26 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 | 481168008465 |
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 | 390 | 36,140 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 15 | 15 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 98.2% | 89.3% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 53% 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.
Gallegos Elementary School in context
Size
Of the 31 elementary schools in Brownsville ISD, Gallegos Elementary School is the 26th largest, with 1.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.4 miles away and have a median of 675 students, so Gallegos 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 77 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 43, against an average of 56 per grade. This year grade 5 has 70% more students than kindergarten (73 against 43). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 77 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
All of its students are reported as Hispanic.
98.2% 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
Gallegos Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 390 students would have about 26.4 teachers, so Gallegos 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
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 Breeden Elementary School, 0.2 miles away in the same district. There are 35 elementary schools within 5 miles and 46 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.7% |
| White | 0.3% |
51.3% of students are girls and 48.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 77 |
| Kindergarten | 43 |
| Grade 1 | 52 |
| Grade 2 | 43 |
| Grade 3 | 50 |
| Grade 4 | 52 |
| Grade 5 | 73 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2700 Avenida Rancho Viejo, Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: (956)547-4230
Website: bisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Gallegos Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breeden Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 0.2 mi | 511 | 14.2 | 83.6% |
| Paredes Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 0.9 mi | 798 | 16.5 | 80.2% |
| IDEA Brownsville Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.0 mi | 702 | 19.7 | 81.8% |
| Burns Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.3 mi | 651 | 16 | 93.7% |
| Promesa College Prep Brownsville | Valere Public Schools | 1.4 mi | 185 | 16.8 | 84.3% |
| Jubilee Leadership Academy | Jubilee Academies | 1.5 mi | 545 | 16.2 | 87.3% |
| Hudson Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.6 mi | 751 | 16.5 | 81% |
| IDEA Robindale Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.9 mi | 699 | 21.8 | 88% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.