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Schools in Rancho Viejo · Brownsville Independent School District, Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District

Rancho Viejo’s public schools outscore 55% of Texas districts

The grade covers the two public school districts serving Rancho Viejo, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.

#264of 642 Texas townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 99% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
51%
▼ 1 pts vs TX 51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
43%
▲ 2 pts vs TX 41%
2021–22
Graduate on time
94%
▲ 4 pts vs TX 90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.4K
▲ 12% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024 · Brownsville Independent
Students per teacher
15.2
TX 14.9
Schools in town
0
46,483 students on the public path
In brief

Rancho Viejo’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 511 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Rancho Viejo’s, its schools beat 49%, lower than their 55% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state in math, below in reading

Reading proficiency is 51% and math 43% across both districts in spring 2022, against 51% and 41% statewide; 94% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

Brownsville Independent spends $14,406 per student and Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent $12,905, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Rancho Viejo’s grade

B Test scoresC+ Graduation

B: better than 55% of Texas school districts, #264 of 642 Texas towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Texas average; test scores are the stronger of the two.

Texas school districts we grade (1,191)Better than 55%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (511)Better than 49%
B−BA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 26,146 test results and a graduating class of 3,051 could put Rancho Viejo anywhere from B− to B. The tests are from spring 2022, when 99% of Rancho Viejo’s students in the tested grades sat them (25,984 in math, 26,306 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Rancho Viejo, with each school’s own grade.

40 schools teach K in Rancho Viejo’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A, so check the specific school.
Pullam El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
889 students17:1Rate it →
Cromack - Castaneda El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
823 students16:1Rate it →
Benavides El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C+
818 students15:1Rate it →
Paredes El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B
798 students16:1Rate it →
Hudson El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B−
751 students17:1Rate it →
Champion El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
710 students18:1Rate it →
Rancho Verde El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
A−
696 students17:1Rate it →
Vermillion Road El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
654 students16:1Rate it →
Burns El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
651 students16:1Rate it →
Canales El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
630 students17:1Rate it →
Aiken El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
630 students17:1Rate it →
Perez El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
615 students16:1Rate it →
Gonzalez El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
596 students16:1Rate it →
Brite El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C
584 students16:1Rate it →
Palmer-Laakso El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · San Benito
B
582 students15:1Rate it →
Ortiz El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
A
564 students17:1Rate it →
Dora Romero El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B−
552 students16:1Rate it →
Los Fresnos El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Los Fresnos
B
549 students15:1Rate it →
Olmito El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B+
538 students15:1Rate it →
Keller El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
537 students15:1Rate it →
Yturria El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B−
526 students15:1Rate it →
Del Castillo - Morningside El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
526 students17:1Rate it →
Garza at Southmost El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
524 students14:1Rate it →
Egly El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
520 students15:1Rate it →
Laureles El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · San Benito
B−
516 students15:1Rate it →
Breeden El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C+
511 students14:1Rate it →
Pena El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C+
501 students16:1Rate it →
Lopez-Riggins El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Los Fresnos
B
467 students15:1Rate it →
Putegnat El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D−
444 students16:1Rate it →
Villareal El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Olmito
C+
444 students14:1Rate it →
Sharp El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
432 students16:1Rate it →
Russell El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
418 students15:1Rate it →
Martin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C+
415 students15:1Rate it →
Gallegos El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B−
390 students15:1Rate it →
El Jardin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
389 students17:1Rate it →
Garden Park El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
372 students15:1Rate it →
Las Yescas El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · San Benito
C
354 students14:1Rate it →
Villa Nueva El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
346 students14:1Rate it →
Skinner El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
344 students14:1Rate it →
Palm Grove El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
294 students14:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
PK–540 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A
6–813 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD to B−
9–128 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to A+

Rancho Viejo runs its own schools through grade 12 (Brownsville Independent School District). From grade PK, students attend the Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District, shared with Bayview, Brownsville, Indian Lake and Los Fresnos. Its elementary school is in Brownsville. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Rancho Viejo

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Brownsville Independent School District49%
State average 51.1% · 20556 students tested
Math · PK–12, Brownsville Independent School District41%
State average 40.9% · 20299 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District56%
State average 51.1% · 5750 students tested
Math · PK–12, Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District49%
State average 40.9% · 5685 students tested

Rancho Viejo vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Rancho Viejo’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Rancho ViejoBBrownsville Independent PK–12 · Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent PK–12

Every school in Rancho Viejo

61 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Rancho Viejoin other towns
Pullam El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
889 students17:1Rate it →
Cromack - Castaneda El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
823 students16:1Rate it →
Benavides El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C+
818 students15:1Rate it →
Paredes El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B
798 students16:1Rate it →
Hudson El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B−
751 students17:1Rate it →
Champion El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
710 students18:1Rate it →
Rancho Verde El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
A−
696 students17:1Rate it →
Vermillion Road El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
654 students16:1Rate it →
Burns El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
651 students16:1Rate it →
Canales El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
630 students17:1Rate it →
Aiken El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
630 students17:1Rate it →
Perez El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
615 students16:1Rate it →
Gonzalez El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
596 students16:1Rate it →
Brite El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C
584 students16:1Rate it →
Palmer-Laakso El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · San Benito
B
582 students15:1Rate it →
Ortiz El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
A
564 students17:1Rate it →
Dora Romero El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B−
552 students16:1Rate it →
Los Fresnos El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Los Fresnos
B
549 students15:1Rate it →
Olmito El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B+
538 students15:1Rate it →
Keller El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
537 students15:1Rate it →
Yturria El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B−
526 students15:1Rate it →
Del Castillo - Morningside El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
526 students17:1Rate it →
Garza at Southmost El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
524 students14:1Rate it →
Egly El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
520 students15:1Rate it →
Laureles El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · San Benito
B−
516 students15:1Rate it →
Breeden El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C+
511 students14:1Rate it →
Pena El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C+
501 students16:1Rate it →
Lopez-Riggins El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Los Fresnos
B
467 students15:1Rate it →
Putegnat El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D−
444 students16:1Rate it →
Villareal El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Olmito
C+
444 students14:1Rate it →
Sharp El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
432 students16:1Rate it →
Russell El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
418 students15:1Rate it →
Martin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C+
415 students15:1Rate it →
Gallegos El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
B−
390 students15:1Rate it →
El Jardin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
389 students17:1Rate it →
Garden Park El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
372 students15:1Rate it →
Las Yescas El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · San Benito
C
354 students14:1Rate it →
Villa Nueva El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
346 students14:1Rate it →
Skinner El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
C−
344 students14:1Rate it →
Palm Grove El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brownsville
D
294 students14:1Rate it →
Stillman Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brownsville
B−
964 students15:1Rate it →
Faulk Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brownsville
C
885 students14:1Rate it →
Garcia Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brownsville
C
870 students15:1Rate it →
Resaca Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brownsville
B−
870 students17:1Rate it →
Manzano Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brownsville
B−
837 students14:1Rate it →
Los Cuates Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Los Fresnos
B−
825 students17:1Rate it →
Stell Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brownsville
D
733 students13:1Rate it →
Oliveira Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brownsville
C+
699 students12:1Rate it →
Liberty Memorial Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · San Benito
C+
673 students14:1Rate it →
Vela Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brownsville
C
658 students14:1Rate it →
Lucio Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brownsville
C−
627 students13:1Rate it →
Besteiro Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brownsville
C−
558 students12:1Rate it →
Perkins Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brownsville
D
480 students12:1Rate it →
Los Fresnos H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Los Fresnos
B+
3,285 students16:1Rate it →
Veterans Memorial Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Brownsville
A−
2,216 students17:1Rate it →
Rivera Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Brownsville
C
2,150 students16:1Rate it →
Hanna Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Brownsville
B−
2,039 students15:1Rate it →
Lopez Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Brownsville
C+
1,739 students14:1Rate it →
Pace Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Brownsville
C+
1,621 students15:1Rate it →
Porter Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Brownsville
C
1,543 students14:1Rate it →
Brownsville Early College H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Brownsville
A+
311 students20:1Rate it →

Questions about Rancho Viejo’s schools

Are Rancho Viejo’s schools good?

They sit near the middle of Texas: the public schools Rancho Viejo children attend outscore 55% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade, #264 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 49%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Rancho Viejo in?

Two districts: Brownsville Independent School District runs grades PK–12, and Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District runs grades PK–12, shared with Bayview, Brownsville, Indian Lake and Los Fresnos.

Where do Rancho Viejo kids go to high school?

One of 8 high schools, depending on your address: Los Fresnos H S, Veterans Memorial Early College H S, Rivera Early College H S, Hanna Early College H S, Lopez Early College H S, Pace Early College H S, Porter Early College H S and Brownsville Early College H S.

What is Rancho Viejo’s graduation rate?

94% of the class of 2023 in Brownsville Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.

How much does Rancho Viejo spend per student?

$14,406 in Brownsville Independent School District and $12,905 in Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.