Editing Brownsville, Texas (section)

===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>