Brownsville Independent School District is a school district based in Brownsville, Texas, United States.
BISD serves most of the city of Brownsville and a portion of the town of Rancho Viejo as well as unincorporated areas in Cameron County, including Cameron Park, Reid Hope King, San Pedro, South Point, and Villa Pancho. It is the largest school district in the Rio Grande Valley metropolitan area.
BISD won the 2008 Broad Prize for Urban Education, the largest school district award in the country, based on improving student performance, closing achievement gaps, and strong district-wide policies.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
Schools
High schools Homer Hanna High School Est.1965 UIL Class 6A Gladys Porter High School Est.1969 UIL Class 5A James Pace High School Est.1975 UIL Class 5A Simon Rivera High School Est.1988 UIL Class 5A Lopez High School Est.1993 UIL Class 5A Brownsville Early College High School Est.2008 Veterans Memorial High School Est.2010 UIL Class 6A
Middle schools
Stell Middle School- Est. 1957 Perkins Middle School- Est. 1987 Lucio Middle School- Est. 1997 Besteiro Middle School- Est. 1994 Garcia Middle School- Est. 2002 Vela Middle School- Est. 1990 Faulk Middle School- Est. 1957 Stillman Middle School- Est. 2004 Oliveira Middle School- Est.1979 Manzano Middle School- Est. 2010
Elementary schools
Ortiz Elementary School Paredes Elementary School Gallegos Elementary School Yturria Elementary School Hudson Elementary School Martin Elementary School Breeden Elementary School Pena Elementary School Benavides Elementary School Brite Elementary School Burns Elementary School Garden Park Elementary School Champion Elementary School Skinner Elementary School Cromack-Castaneda Elementary School Villa Nueva Elementary School Pullam Elementary School Aiken Elementary School El Jardin Elementary School Russell Elementary School Gonzalez Elementary School Vermillion Road Elementary School Sharp Elementary School Keller Elementary School Canales Elementary School Del Castillo-Morningside Elementary School Egly Elementary School Palm Grove Elementary School Perez Elementary School Putegnat Elementary School Judge Reynaldo G. Garza at Southmost Elementary School
Alternative schools Brownsville Academic Center Brownsville Learning Academy Lincoln Park School Regional School for the Deaf
External links
Brownsville Independent School District
References