Enrollment
247
High
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BANQUETE ISD·NCES 480941000400
Banquete High School
5519 HWY 44, BANQUETE, TX 78339 · (361) 387-2551 · Nueces County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Texas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
231 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 55 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 65 | 26% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BANQUETE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 20 points since 2020.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2.0% | 58.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 27.0% | 45.0% | 17.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 60.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 0.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 80.0% | N/A |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Banquete High School
Banquete High School's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banquete High School this school | 247 | 93.5% | 47.3% |
| Freer High School FREER | 202 | 87.6% | 45.3% |
| Steam at the Fine Arts Academy SAN ANTONIO | 240 | 90.4% | 37.3% |
| Brownsville Early College High School BROWNSVILLE | 311 | 94.2% | 84.4% |
| Premont Collegiate High School PREMONT | 387 | 91.0% | 35.0% |
| Tornillo High School TORNILLO | 241 | 94.2% | 43.7% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Banquete High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #916 of 1,385 | #10 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #874 of 1,425 ▲ 412 | #12 of 17 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #614 of 1,425 ▲ 126 | #10 of 17 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +30.0pp | #142 of 1,184 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #1,242 of 2,107 | #16 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #74 of 1,344 | #1 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #1,055 of 1,346 | #14 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #101 of 1,522 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #308 of 557 | #8 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
247
-25 (-9%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 185
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 9.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 247 | 26.1 | 9.4:1 | 94% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 26.3 | 11.1:1 | 87% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 28.8 | 9.5:1 | 68% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 30 | 9.1:1 | 73% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 28 | 9.6:1 | 81% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 25 | 11.7:1 | 69% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 24 | 9.6:1 | 75% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 239 | 23 | 10.4:1 | 68% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 185 | 17 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Banquete High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (268 to 247); teachers down 7% (28 to 26.1).
About Banquete High School
Federal records list Banquete High School as a high school in BANQUETE, Texas. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 247 students. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
The district, BANQUETE ISD, has 744 students enrolled across 3 schools.
The student body at Banquete High School is 85% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 63%. Pick two students at random and there is a 26% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 9.4:1. That is 5.6 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 94%. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Nueces County, the school's rate is higher.
Banquete High School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 56% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Banquete High School is 13.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 47.3% actual, 33.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Nueces County census figures show that the median household income is $66,897, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Nueces County is home to 124 public schools and about 59,619 public school students.
The shortest distance from Banquete High School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Banquete Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Banquete High School is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
The school enrolled 247 students in 2024-25, 25 fewer than the 272 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Banquete High School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Nueces County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,955
Census ACS
Median income
$66,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
59,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BANQUETE ISD
- Banquete Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
- Banquete Junior High SchoolMiddle · 161 students
- Banquete DAEPElementary
Other schools in BANQUETE
- Banquete Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
- Banquete Junior High SchoolMiddle · 161 students
- Banquete DAEPElementary
Nearby schools
- Banquete Elementary School0.3 mi · 336
- Banquete Junior High School0.4 mi · 161
- San Pedro Fine Arts Academy6.7 mi · 243
- Robstown Early College High School7.0 mi · 750
- Lotspeich Leadership Academy7.0 mi · 368
- Robert Driscoll Jr STEM Academy7.4 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About Banquete High SchoolHow many students attend Banquete High School?
Banquete High School enrolls approximately 247 students in grades 09-12.
Is Banquete High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Banquete High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Banquete High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Banquete High School is approximately 9.4:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Banquete High School?
Banquete High School reports a student body of 14% White, 85% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Banquete High School public or private?
Banquete High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BANQUETE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.