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Best High Schools in Zip Code 78521


At a glance
6
Schools
8,945
Students
2
Districts
Top rankedIdea Frontier College Preparatory693rd of 2,057 Texas high schools
Biggest riser
Hanna Early College High School up 106 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
Porter Early College High School 13.8 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
3★
2★
Summary:

This analysis examines seven high schools in the 78521 zip code of Brownsville, Texas, serving approximately 8,495 students across grades 9-12, a predominantly low-income area where the average free/reduced lunch rate is 91.9%.

Among the traditional Brownsville Independent School District (Isd) schools, Hanna Early College High School stands out as the only one to achieve a 3-star rating for three consecutive years, ranking in the 61st percentile and consistently outperforming district peers in core subjects. Porter Early College High School is a math powerhouse, with Algebra I proficiency rates (76%) dramatically exceeding both the district (68%) and state (54%) averages. The charter school Idea Frontier College Preparatory from Idea Public Schools is the academic leader overall, achieving a 3-star rating, a 66th percentile state ranking, and a 100% graduation rate. In contrast, Premier H S Of Brownsville from Premier High Schools struggles significantly with a 1-star rating and a 52.1% graduation rate. Rivera Early College High School and Lopez Early College High School are consistent 2-star performers, while Texasworks - Brownsville from Texas Works is a very small school with limited data.

Key takeaways include that U.S. History is a universal strength across schools, while English I Reading is a universal weakness needing intervention. There is no clear link between per-student spending and performance, as Porter spends the most ($12,487) but is a 2-star school, while Idea Frontier spends less ($11,164) and achieves 3 stars. The average graduation rate for the five reporting schools is 86.5%, but excluding Premier, the other four average a strong 95.2%. The average student-teacher ratio is 14.2:1, ranging from 8:1 at Texasworks to 17.6:1 at Premier.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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