Enrollment
61
Elementary
DISTRICT 74 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENAVIDES ISD·NCES 489913005628
BENAVIDES EL
106 W SCHOOL ST, BENAVIDES, TX 78341 · (361) 256-3030 · Duval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL61 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.1:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
54 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
BENAVIDES EL→BENAVIDES SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within BENAVIDES ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
25.0%
TX avg 53.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
6.0%
TX avg 43.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
61
-114 (-65%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.1:1
was 11.0:1
% White
5%
was 1%
% Hispanic
95%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BENAVIDES EL
BENAVIDES EL is a K-5 school of micro-enrollment scale in BENAVIDES, Texas, one of the schools within BENAVIDES ISD, teacheing 61 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 88% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
BENAVIDES ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 148 students. BENAVIDES EL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, BENAVIDES EL lists that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% White. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 82% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BENAVIDES EL has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, BENAVIDES EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 35.9%; BENAVIDES EL posts 18.9%, -16.9 points below that line.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Duval County) shows that median household income runs about $49,038, roughly 7% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Across Duval County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,346 students), BENAVIDES EL is one campus in the mix.
BENAVIDES SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BENAVIDES EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 65%: 175 students in 2018 compared to 61 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 99% to 95% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,742
Census ACS
Median income
$49,038
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
7%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,346 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BENAVIDES ISD
- BENAVIDES SECONDARYHigh · 87 students
- BRIGHT SCHOLAR - DESOTOElementary
- BRIGHT SCHOLAR - DUNCANVILLEElementary
- BRIGHT SCHOLAR - HELEN OF TROYElementary
- BRIGHT SCHOLAR - PARK RIDGEElementary
- EL PASO EARLY LEARNING LANGUAGE ACADEMYElementary
Other schools in BENAVIDES
- BENAVIDES SECONDARYHigh · 87 students
- TRIPOINT ACADEMY SAElementary
Nearby schools
- BENAVIDES SECONDARY0.7 mi · 87
- SAN DIEGO H S14.7 mi · 446
- BERNARDA JAIME J H15.2 mi · 319
- COLLINS-PARR EL15.4 mi · 688
- RAMIREZ EL17.1 mi · 36
- BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO H S20.4 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About BENAVIDES ELWhat is the total enrollment at BENAVIDES EL?
BENAVIDES EL enrolls approximately 61 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BENAVIDES EL serve?
BENAVIDES EL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BENAVIDES EL have?
BENAVIDES EL employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.1:1.
How diverse is BENAVIDES EL?
BENAVIDES EL reports a student body of 5% White, 95% Hispanic.
Is BENAVIDES EL public or private?
BENAVIDES EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BENAVIDES ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.