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Enrollment
818
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWNSVILLE ISD·NCES 481168008137
BENAVIDES EL
3101 MCALLEN RD, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520 · (956) 350-3250 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL818 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
645 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
72.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +48.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 48 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
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
818
+57 (+7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.5:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
98%
was 98%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BENAVIDES EL
BENAVIDES EL, a large primary school in BROWNSVILLE, Texas, overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD, caters to 818 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 58% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
BROWNSVILLE ISD comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 37,097 students; BENAVIDES EL is among them.
On demographics, BENAVIDES EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The wider county runs roughly 89% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BENAVIDES EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.5%; actual is 66.5%, +27.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, Cameron County reports that median household income runs about $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. In all, Cameron County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), of which BENAVIDES EL is one.
PULLAM EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BENAVIDES EL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.3%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BENAVIDES EL has climbed 7%, going from 761 students in 2018 to 818 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BENAVIDES EL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWNSVILLE ISD
- VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,216 students
- RIVERA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,150 students
- HANNA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,039 students
- LOPEZ EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,739 students
- PACE EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,621 students
- PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,543 students
Other schools in BROWNSVILLE
- VETERANS MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,216 students
- RIVERA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,150 students
- HANNA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,039 students
- LOPEZ EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,739 students
- PACE EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,621 students
- PORTER EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,543 students
Nearby schools
- PULLAM EL0.9 mi · 889
- JUBILEE LIVING WAY1.0 mi · 363
- MANZANO MIDDLE1.3 mi · 837
- KELLER EL1.3 mi · 537
- ORTIZ EL1.4 mi · 564
- JUBILEE BROWNSVILLE1.4 mi · 999
Frequently asked questions
About BENAVIDES ELHow many students attend BENAVIDES EL?
BENAVIDES EL enrolls approximately 818 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 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BENAVIDES EL?
At BENAVIDES EL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees BENAVIDES EL?
BENAVIDES EL is overseen by BROWNSVILLE ISD in Cameron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.