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Pullam Elem

Cameron County · Region 01: Edinburg · 809 students

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Current score
87/1002025-26
Change
−12 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+7.2 ptsvs 79.8 average · 1,994 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
470 of 1,994tied with 68 others
B87

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 98 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79.8 average for 1,994 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
69%vs 47.8% avg · +21.2 pts
Masters
37%vs 19.4% avg · +17.6 pts

Among 1,888 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
73%vs 42.1% avg · +30.9 pts
Masters
40%vs 16.1% avg · +23.9 pts

Among 1,876 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
70%vs 52.6% avg · +17.4 pts
Masters
37%vs 21% avg · +16 pts

Among 1,885 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Pullam Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.8 average for 1,994 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 12 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 470th of 1,994 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 68 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averagePullam Elem 9993929387 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 98 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8779.8 1,994 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9379.5 1,970 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9277.6 1,956 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9378.2 1,924 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9982.1 1,903 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement91 A+13.4 vs similar economic context · 1,888 reporting
  • School Progress91 A+10.2 vs similar economic context · 1,881 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps78 C+1.0 vs similar economic context · 1,863 reporting
  • Academic Growth78 C+4.1 vs similar economic context · 1,821 reporting
  • Relative Performance91 A+11.9 vs similar economic context · 1,881 reporting
  • Pullam Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,994 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement91A—
School Progress91A—
Closing the Gaps78C2
Academic Growth78C2
Relative Performance91A—

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 2 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level89%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,888 reporting
  • Meets grade level69%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,888 reporting
  • Masters grade level37%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,888 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level88%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,885 reporting
  • Meets grade level70%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,885 reporting
  • Masters grade level37%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,885 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level91%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
  • Meets grade level73%+31 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
  • Masters grade level40%+24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level84%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,723 reporting
  • Meets grade level56%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,723 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,723 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,994 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
809
Economically disadvantaged
65.4%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
37.5%+19.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
19.8%+0.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.3%+1.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
11.2%−5.7 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Pullam Elem

Hispanic: 97.8%White: 1.5%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 0.5%
  • Hispanic 97.8%
  • White 1.5%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 0.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,994 reporting for every category shown · 1,994 in full cohort

African American: 11.5%Hispanic: 52.2%White: 30%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 11.5%
  • Hispanic 52.2%
  • White 30%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
809
Economically disadvantaged students
529
Emergent bilingual students
303
Special education students
160

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
79
Students in TEA mobility denominator
646
TEA-published mobility rate
12.2%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 809 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 80 (9.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
809

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−80

Decrease · −9.0%

Change since 2021–22
+16

Increase · +2.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
809
Selected comparison
624.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,959 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Pullam Elem
School yearStudents enrolledPullam ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 793 First available year 642.2
2022–23 841 Increase of 48 (6.1%) 648.1
2023–24 905 Increase of 64 (7.6%) 644.4
2024–25 889 Decrease of 16 (1.8%) 640
2025–26 809 Decrease of 80 (9.0%) 624.7

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
12

1.4% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
17

1.91 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
891

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
1.4%
Selected comparison
12.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,539 rated schools reporting

−11.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
1.91
Selected comparison
30.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,645 rated schools reporting

−28.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Pullam Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 866 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 843 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2022–23 882 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 936 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 891 12 1.4% 17 1.91 12.8% 30.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Pullam Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 12 1.4% 17 1.91 12.8% 30.3
In-school suspensions Suppressed — 14 1.57 — 23
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Pullam Elem
  • Parent district: Brownsville ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,907
Selected comparison
$12,738

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,969 rated schools reporting

−$1,831 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,907 per student for this campus, $16,535 per student for its parent district, Brownsville ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearPullam ElemParent district: Brownsville ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,324$11,135$13,054$7,954 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,834 rated schools reporting
2019$6,144$11,998$13,108$8,119 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,849 rated schools reporting
2020$7,086$13,029$14,058$8,699 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,868 rated schools reporting
2021$7,521$13,534$14,797$9,166 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,882 rated schools reporting
2022$9,582$15,729$15,708$10,504 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,902 rated schools reporting
2023$10,128$16,177$16,792$11,207 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 rated schools reporting
2024$9,752$16,871$18,125$12,101 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,954 rated schools reporting
2025$10,907$16,535$18,972$12,738 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,969 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$68,066+$1,657 vs similar economic context
Teachers
51+8.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.9+2.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Pullam Elem

Beginning: 5.9%1 to 5 years: 9.8%6 to 10 years: 9.8%11 to 20 years: 45.1%21 to 30 years: 27.5%Over 30 years: 2%
  • Beginning 5.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 9.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 9.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 45.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 27.5%
  • Over 30 years 2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,994 reporting for every category shown · 1,994 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.3%1 to 5 years: 26.4%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 27.8%21 to 30 years: 15.8%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 6.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.8%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Pullam Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classPullam Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten21.118
Grade 115.118.3
Grade 212.518.4
Grade 312.518.6
Grade 410.719
Grade 512.919.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

5 measures

  • 6of 125

    Math — Meets

    Cameron County · of the 125 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 125

    Math — Masters

    Cameron County · of the 125 that report this measure

  • 9of 126

    Attendance

    Cameron County · of the 126 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 10of 126

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Cameron County · of the 126 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 125

    Math — Approaches

    Cameron County · of the 125 that report this measure · tied with 1

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

3 measures

  • 55of 1,888

    All Subjects — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,888 that report this measure · tied with 10

  • 92of 1,888

    All Subjects — Meets

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,888 that report this measure · tied with 10

  • 103of 1,888

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,888 that report this measure · tied with 21

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 031901142.