Perkins Middle School
Public middle school in Brownsville, Texas · Brownsville ISD · Grades 6–8
Perkins Middle School serves 480 students in grades 6–8 in Brownsville (Cameron County). It is one of 48 schools in Brownsville ISD. By enrollment it is the 1120th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 12.1 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas middle school (14.4).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | Brownsville ISD |
| County | Cameron County |
| Area type | City, midsize |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481168006369 |
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 middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 480 | 36,140 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 12.1 | 15 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 98.3% | 89.3% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 17% of Texas middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Perkins Middle School in context
Size
Perkins Middle School is the smallest of Brownsville ISD's 10 middle schools; its 480 students are 1.3% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 3 miles away with a median enrollment of 716; Perkins Middle 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 grade 8 with 183 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 135, against an average of 160 per grade. This year grade 8 has 36% more students than grade 6 (183 against 135). 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
The largest group is Hispanic students: 96.7% here and 98.5% across Brownsville ISD.
98.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 89.3% across Brownsville ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle 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 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers for 480 students, Perkins Middle School has 12.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 480 students would have about 33.3 teachers, so Perkins Middle School has 6.5 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
Perkins Middle School is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. The nearest other middle school is Oliveira Middle School, 1.5 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 10 other middle schools, 7 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 | 96.7% |
| White | 3.3% |
45.4% of students are girls and 54.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 135 |
| Grade 7 | 162 |
| Grade 8 | 183 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
4750 Austin Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: (956)831-8770
Website: bisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Perkins Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliveira Middle School | Brownsville ISD | 1.5 mi | 699 | 12 | 94.8% |
| Garcia Middle School | Brownsville ISD | 1.5 mi | 870 | 14.8 | 87.7% |
| Lucio Middle School | Brownsville ISD | 1.9 mi | 627 | 13.5 | 99.7% |
| Faulk Middle School | Brownsville ISD | 2.6 mi | 885 | 14.4 | 96.3% |
| Besteiro Middle School | Brownsville ISD | 3.5 mi | 558 | 12.1 | 94.4% |
| Stell Middle School | Brownsville ISD | 3.8 mi | 733 | 13.2 | 91.7% |
| Vela Middle School | Brownsville ISD | 4.1 mi | 658 | 14.2 | 82.8% |
| Manzano Middle School | Brownsville ISD | 5.9 mi | 837 | 14 | 81.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.