Pace Early College High School
Public high school in Brownsville, Texas · Brownsville ISD · Grades 9–12
Pace Early College High School serves 1,621 students in grades 9–12 in Brownsville (Cameron County). It is one of 48 schools in Brownsville ISD. By enrollment it is the 430th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 15.5 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 104.78 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Brownsville ISD |
| County | Cameron County |
| Area type | City, midsize |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481168000643 |
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 high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,621 | 36,140 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 15.5 | 15 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 94% | 89.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 64% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Pace Early College High School in context
Size
Of the 7 high schools in Brownsville ISD, Pace Early College High School is the 5th largest, with 4.5% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.5 miles away with a median enrollment of 229; Pace Early College High 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 grade 9 with 440 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 336, against an average of 405 per grade. This year grade 12 has 24% fewer students than grade 9 (336 against 440). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
All of its students are reported as Hispanic.
94% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 89.3% across Brownsville ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high 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 104.78 full-time-equivalent teachers for 1,621 students, Pace Early College High School has 15.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,621 students would have about 115.8 teachers, so Pace Early College High School has 11 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Pace Early College High School is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. The nearest other high school is Bryss Academy High School, 1 miles away in Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success. Within 10 miles there are 17 other high schools, 13 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 | 99.5% |
| White | 0.4% |
| Black | 0.1% |
46.4% of students are girls and 53.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 440 |
| Grade 10 | 417 |
| Grade 11 | 428 |
| Grade 12 | 336 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
314 W Los Ebanos Blvd, Brownsville, TX 78520
Phone: (956)548-7700
Website: bisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Pace Early College High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryss Academy High School | Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success | 1.0 mi | 27 | 8.1 | 96.3% |
| Triumph Public High Schools-Brownsville | Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley | 1.1 mi | 122 | 22.8 | – |
| Premier H S of Brownsville | Premier High Schools | 2.2 mi | 147 | 17.6 | 85.7% |
| Texasworks - Brownsville | Texas Works | 2.2 mi | 16 | 8 | – |
| Hanna Early College High School | Brownsville ISD | 2.8 mi | 2,039 | 14.9 | 91.2% |
| IDEA Riverview College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 3.0 mi | 813 | 17.7 | 94.3% |
| IDEA Brownsville College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 3.3 mi | 783 | 17.2 | 78.7% |
| Brownsville Early College High School | Brownsville ISD | 3.4 mi | 311 | 20.2 | 94.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.