Enrollment
238
Elementary
DISTRICT 222 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO ISD·NCES 480987000462
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School
401 WHITNEY DR, ALICE, TX 78332 · (361) 664-9568 · Jim Wells County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
215 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School→Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 28.0% | 31.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School this school | 238 | 90.3% | 48.1% |
| Sabinal Elementary School SABINAL | 238 | 90.3% | 44.3% |
| Newman Elementary School EL PASO | 246 | 88.6% | 36.2% |
| Friona Primary School FRIONA | 217 | 87.1% | N/A |
| Wooten Elementary School AUSTIN | 272 | 91.2% | 22.1% |
| Menger Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 243 | 86.4% | 43.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Jim Wells County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,622 of 4,401 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,371 of 4,466 ▼ 166 | #5 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,798 of 4,466 ▼ 226 | #6 of 8 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #4,502 of 4,938 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #412 of 4,622 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.9% | #3,794 of 4,628 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #1,037 of 4,789 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #2,055 of 2,838 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
238
-36 (-13%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 144
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 238 | 19.5 | 12.2:1 | 90% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 20.3 | 12.8:1 | 88% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 17.8 | 14.9:1 | 85% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 86% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 21.8 | 12.1:1 | 86% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 155 | 12 | 12.9:1 | 66% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 172 | 12 | 14.3:1 | 82% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 193 | 14 | 13.8:1 | 70% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 144 | 11 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (263 to 238); teachers down 11% (21.8 to 19.5).
About Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School
Among the schools in ALICE, Texas, is Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 6 and enrolls 238 students. It has 54% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
Besides Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School, BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO ISD runs 1 other school. The district enrolls 444 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School is 90%. Other groups include 10% White. The county population is about 80% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School scores 19%.
With 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Roughly 90% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Texas public elementary schools.
A school with Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 35.1%. Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School scores 48.1%, 13.0 points above that line.
In the wider Jim Wells County area, median household income comes to about $51,896, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of people live in poverty. Jim Wells County's 16 public schools enroll about 7,302 students and include Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School.
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within ten miles. Nearby schools average 41.0% on proficiency, and Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School is above that at 48.1%.
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was 238 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 274. The ratio was 14.4:1 in 2020-21 and 12.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Jim Wells County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,850
Census ACS
Median income
$51,896
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO ISD
- Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High SchoolHigh · 206 students
Other schools in ALICE
- Alice High SchoolHigh · 1,295 students
- Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 933 students
- Schallert Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
- Noonan Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Dubose Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Saenz Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
Nearby schools
- Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School0.5 mi · 206
- Saenz Elementary School6.5 mi · 471
- Noonan Elementary School7.3 mi · 523
- Adams Middle School7.4 mi · 933
- Alice High School7.6 mi · 1,295
- Dubose Elementary School7.8 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary SchoolHow large is Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School?
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School enrolls approximately 238 students in grades PK-06.
Is Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School are roughly 10% White, 90% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School in?
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary School is part of BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO ISD.
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