Yturria El, Brownsville TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Yturria El

Yturria Elementary is a public school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in Brownsville, located in south Texas in a neighborhood with substantial economic need. A large majority of enrolled students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic. The school is part of Brownsville Independent School District, which has faced significant budget constraints in recent years, including declining enrollment and a failed bond measure in November 2025 that would have addressed aging facilities across the district. The campus has not been immune to these pressures: the district consolidated schools in the Southmost area beginning in 2024, and federal funding cuts in 2025 reduced after-school academy programs to three days per week.

On state testing, Yturria shows uneven performance across grade levels and subjects. In English language arts, fourth and fifth graders show stronger results than in other areas, with more than half meeting the proficiency standard. Third-grade English data is sparse and does not provide reliable comparison. Math performance is mixed: fourth-grade math is the school's brightest spot, while third-grade math lags considerably behind, and fifth-grade math falls in the middle. Science, tested only in fifth grade, shows a weaker proficiency rate. Across all tested subjects, the school reports that a substantial share of students reach the "approaches" level, meaning they are progressing, though the share reaching "meets" or "master" levels is lower. Compared to other districts in Cameron County, Yturria's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile, a positioning that reflects the school's standing relative to a county group that includes several lower-performing districts.

The school serves young learners in a high-poverty, primarily Hispanic community where English language instruction sits alongside mathematics and science learning. The student composition and economic context are stable characteristics of the neighborhood it serves. Testing data for this school year is the first available, so trend information is not yet available. A parent may want to look further with the school about how fourth-grade success in math translates into support for younger grades, and what specific instructional approaches are being used in English language arts. The school's performance in science at the fifth-grade level is also worth understanding in more detail, particularly given the grade-level strength in reading.

Housing in the area is affordable relative to state and national benchmarks, with homes and rentals well below state medians. The local job market and economic context have shifted with growth tied to the Port of Brownsville and expanding aerospace industry presence, though family income and employment remain modest on average.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 343%

School 43% · District 21% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 466%

School 66% · District 24% · ▲ 42 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 61% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 56% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 62% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Science

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 3% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolBROWNSVILLE ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income61%Higher-income50%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income60%Higher-income64%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income66%Higher-income64%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income55%Higher-income59%4 pp gap