ANGELA GERUSA LEAL EL

ANGELA GERUSA LEAL EL, a compact elementary-level community in SAN BENITO, Texas, run under SAN BENITO CISD, serves 351 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

ANGELA GERUSA LEAL EL is one of 23 schools operated by SAN BENITO CISD, a district that hosts 9,137 students overall.

Looking at the student body, ANGELA GERUSA LEAL EL shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Cameron County as a whole is about 89% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cameron County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ANGELA GERUSA LEAL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.8%, the actual is 34.0%, a residual of +1.2 points.

In the area at large, Cameron County reports that the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), ANGELA GERUSA LEAL EL is one campus in the mix.

LA PALOMA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ANGELA GERUSA LEAL EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.5%.

ANGELA GERUSA LEAL EL operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 426 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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