Texasworks - Brownsville
Public high school (charter) in Brownsville, Texas · Texas Works · Grades 9–12
Texasworks - Brownsville serves 16 students in grades 9–12 in Brownsville (Cameron County). It is one of 17 schools in Texas Works. By enrollment it is the 1867th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 8 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer 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 ÷ 2 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Texas Works |
| County | Cameron County |
| Area type | City, midsize |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 489913623146 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Texas Works | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 16 | 446 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 8 | 18.2 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 10% 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.
Texasworks - Brownsville in context
Size
Of the 17 high schools in Texas Works, Texasworks - Brownsville is the 10th largest, with 3.6% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 641; Texasworks - Brownsville is smaller than most of them.
NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools. As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
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 5 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 3, against an average of 4 per grade. This year grade 12 has 40% fewer students than grade 9 (3 against 5). 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.
It does not take part in the National School Lunch Program.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 2 full-time-equivalent teachers for 16 students, Texasworks - Brownsville has 8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 16 students would have about 1.1 teachers, so Texasworks - Brownsville has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Texasworks - Brownsville is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. Premier H S of Brownsville (in Premier High Schools) is listed at the same location. 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 | 100% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 5 |
| Grade 10 | 5 |
| Grade 11 | 3 |
| Grade 12 | 3 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
955 Paredes Line Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: (972)316-3663
Website: responsiveed.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Texasworks - Brownsville. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier H S of Brownsville | Premier High Schools | 0.0 mi | 147 | 17.6 | 85.7% |
| Hanna Early College High School | Brownsville ISD | 0.6 mi | 2,039 | 14.9 | 91.2% |
| Triumph Public High Schools-Brownsville | Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley | 1.2 mi | 122 | 22.8 | – |
| Bryss Academy High School | Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success | 1.2 mi | 27 | 8.1 | 96.3% |
| Porter Early College High School | Brownsville ISD | 2.0 mi | 1,543 | 13.8 | 93.3% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Brownsville | Harmony Public Schools - South Texas | 2.0 mi | 498 | 14.2 | 90.8% |
| Pace Early College High School | Brownsville ISD | 2.2 mi | 1,621 | 15.5 | 94% |
| IDEA Brownsville College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 2.3 mi | 783 | 17.2 | 78.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Texas Works
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texasworks - Abilene | High | 9–12 | 36 |
| Texasworks - Austin-Wells Branch | High | 9–12 | 24 |
| Texasworks - Corpus Christi | High | 9–12 | 14 |
| Texasworks - Desoto | High | 10–12 | 11 |
| Texasworks - Edinburg-Cte | High | 9–12 | 47 |
| Texasworks - El Paso-Mesa | High | 9–12 | 10 |
| Texasworks - Houston-Champions | High | 9–12 | 12 |
| Texasworks - Houston-Gallery Furniture | High | 9–12 | 17 |
| Texasworks - Irving | High | 9–12 | 30 |
| Texasworks - Laredo | High | 9–12 | 57 |
| Texasworks - Longview | High | 9–12 | 15 |
| Texasworks - Lubbock-Briercroft | High | 9–12 | 19 |
| Texasworks - Mission | High | 9–12 | 15 |
| Texasworks - San Angelo | High | 9–12 | 39 |
| Texasworks - San Antonio-Ingram | High | 10–12 | 12 |
| Texasworks - Weslaco | High | 9–12 | 29 |