Editing Brownsville, Texas (section)

==Education==

===Primary and secondary education===
[[Brownsville Independent School District]] (BISD) serves most of the city. Enrollment in the 2018–2019 school year was 44,402 students,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=adhoc.addispatch.sas&major=st&minor=e&charsln=120&linespg=60&_debug=0&endyear=19&selsumm=dd&key=brownsville+iSD&grouping=s+&format=W|title=2018-2019 Student Enrollment Report|date=March 13, 2019|website=Texas Education Agency|access-date=July 4, 2019|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814085819/https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=adhoc.addispatch.sas&major=st&minor=e&charsln=120&linespg=60&_debug=0&endyear=19&selsumm=dd&key=brownsville+iSD&grouping=s+&format=W|url-status=live}}</ref> 95% of whom are economically disadvantaged. Enrollment at BISD reached a high of 49,991 students in 2010–2011, and has declined an average of 1,000 students per year since 2014–2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bisd.us/html/01_BISD/04_FactsandStatistics.html|title=Brownsville Independent School District|website=www.bisd.us|access-date=July 5, 2019|archive-date=July 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705032113/http://www.bisd.us/html/01_BISD/04_FactsandStatistics.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the 17th largest school district in Texas. There are seven high schools within the district: [[Homer Hanna Early College High School|Homer Hanna]], [[Gladys Porter Early College High School|Gladys Porter]], [[James Pace Early College High School|James Pace]], [[Simon Rivera Early College High School|Simon Rivera]], [[Lopez Early College High School|Lopez]], [[Brownsville Early College High School|BECHS]], and [[Veterans Memorial High School (Brownsville)|Veterans Memorial]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Brownsville ISD District |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/texas/districts/brownsville-independent-school-district-107657 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105094309/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/texas/districts/brownsville-independent-school-district-107657 |url-status=live}}</ref>

A portion of northern Brownsville is served by the [[Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Attendance Zone Maps |url=https://www.lfcisd.net/district_map |website=Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District |access-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201045/https://www.lfcisd.net/district_map |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[South Texas Independent School District]], a magnet school district, operates a medical academy in northern Brownsville.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Long |first1=Gary |title=$29M medical academy to be built in Brownsville |url=https://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/m-medical-academy-to-be-built-in-brownsville/article_c4dc37e2-9ed0-11e2-b2a7-001a4bcf6878.html |access-date=January 5, 2019 |work=Valley Morning Star |date=April 6, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> There are several private parochial elementary and middle schools located throughout the community.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Miguel |title=Private schools show off folklorico dances at Kenmont |url=https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/private-schools-show-off-folklorico-dances-at-kenmont/article_235033f0-1735-11e8-aaf7-a389f2fb9b7a.html |access-date=January 5, 2019 |work=The Brownsville Herald |date=February 21, 2018 |archive-date=February 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221211920/http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/private-schools-show-off-folklorico-dances-at-kenmont/article_235033f0-1735-11e8-aaf7-a389f2fb9b7a.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville]] operates Catholic schools in the Rio Grande Valley, including Brownsville.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Daniel |title=Diocese planning third Catholic high school in Valley |url=https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/diocese-planning-third-catholic-high-school-in-valley/article_f3824c77-f69d-5ece-9217-a06e3523c287.html |access-date=January 5, 2019 |work=The Brownsville Herald |date=January 31, 2006}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

===Colleges and universities===
[[File:The UT SPH Bronwsville Regional Campus.jpg|thumb|UT School of Public Health in 2006]]

Six colleges and universities are located within the Brownsville boundaries. The [[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley]], part of the [[University of Texas System|University of Texas system]], was founded in 2014 after the merger of the [[University of Texas at Brownsville]] and [[University of Texas–Pan American]]. It is the 10th-largest university in Texas, having 25,137 undergraduates, 3,068 graduate students, and 439 professionals enrolled in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=UTRGV Enrollment Profile Fall 2018 |url=https://www.utrgv.edu/sair/data-reports/fall-2018-student-profile.pdf |website=University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |access-date=January 2, 2019 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103161218/https://www.utrgv.edu/sair/data-reports/fall-2018-student-profile.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, ''[[The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education]]'' ranked the university third in the country in awarding bachelor's degrees to Hispanic students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2017/august-30-utrgv-ranks-third-in-the-nation-in-awarding-bachelor-s-degrees-to-hispanic-students-top-10-in-other-rankings/index.htm|title=UTRGV ranks third in the nation in awarding bachelor's degrees to Hispanic students; top 10 in other rankings|website=www.utrgv.edu|access-date=October 18, 2017|archive-date=November 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101142400/http://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2017/august-30-utrgv-ranks-third-in-the-nation-in-awarding-bachelor-s-degrees-to-hispanic-students-top-10-in-other-rankings/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Texas Southmost College]] is a [[community college]] located near the southern border of Brownsville. As of 2018, it had a total enrollment of 7,132.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanchez |first1=Jesus |title=TSC sets new enrollment record for second straight year |url=https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/tsc-sets-new-enrollment-record-for-second-straight-year/article_5f7f5500-bbc1-11e8-856a-fba92cb36b59.html |access-date=January 3, 2019 |work=The Brownsville Herald |date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919091855/https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/tsc-sets-new-enrollment-record-for-second-straight-year/article_5f7f5500-bbc1-11e8-856a-fba92cb36b59.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Students usually transfer to the neighboring University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.<ref>{{cite web|title=Texas Southmost College |url=http://www.tsc.edu/Pages/default.aspx |publisher=TSC |access-date=June 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618200410/http://www.tsc.edu/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref> The city operates three vocational schools. These include the South Texas Vocational Technical Institute,<ref>{{cite web|title=South Texas Vocational Technical Institute|url=http://www.stvt.edu/|publisher=South Texas Vocational Technical Institute|access-date=June 5, 2012|archive-date=June 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616022239/http://www.stvt.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Brightwood College]] campus (formerly known as Kaplan College),<ref>{{cite web|title=Brightwood College in Brownsville, TX|url=https://www.brightwood.edu/locations/brownsville-tx/|publisher=[[Brightwood College]]|access-date=June 12, 2016|archive-date=July 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701101959/https://www.brightwood.edu/locations/brownsville-tx/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Southern Careers Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Southern Careers Institute|url=http://www.scitexas.edu/locations/brownsville/|publisher=Southern Careers Institute|access-date=March 11, 2014|archive-date=March 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329062833/http://www.scitexas.edu/locations/brownsville/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston]], School of Public Health (UTSPH), is one of five regional campuses established by the Regional Academic Health Center program in 2001; it is located on the Brownsville campus of the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley. The campus offers a PhD program in epidemiology and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in health promotion, the only program of its kind available in South Texas. The campus directs its attention to health concerns in the Rio Grande Valley, including [[diabetes]], [[obesity]], and [[cardiovascular disease]]. It also centers its concerns on genetics and its relationship to infectious and chronic disease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/brownsville |title=University of Texas School of Public Health–Brownsville |publisher=Sph.uth.tmc.edu |access-date=September 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908041445/http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/brownsville |archive-date=September 8, 2010}}</ref>