Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAGLE PASS ISD·NCES 481773001537
Benavides Heights Elementary School
1750 MESA DR, EAGLE PASS, TX 78852 · (830) 758-7006 · Maverick County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
270 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 16% |
This year's 1st grade class (49) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 28.0% | 31.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 26.0% | 33.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Benavides Heights Elementary School
Benavides Heights Elementary School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benavides Heights Elementary School this school | 308 | 87.7% | 37.0% |
| San Luis Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 314 | 88.5% | 37.0% |
| L G Alarcon Elementary School SAN ELIZARIO | 297 | 87.2% | 31.3% |
| Seco Mines Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 304 | 89.5% | 42.1% |
| Moreno Elementary School EL PASO | 304 | 87.8% | 36.5% |
| Deanna Davenport Elementary School CANUTILLO | 303 | 85.8% | 33.8% |
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 Benavides Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Maverick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #2,945 of 4,401 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,968 of 4,466 ▲ 163 | #11 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #3,238 of 4,466 ▼ 136 | #12 of 15 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,181 of 3,998 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #4,148 of 4,938 | #16 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #3,436 of 4,622 | #2 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.6% | #4,554 of 4,628 | #15 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #1,322 of 4,789 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #2,742 of 2,838 | #12 of 13 |
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
308
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 308 | 19 | 16.2:1 | 88% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 91% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 21 | 14.3:1 | 90% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 87% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 86% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 86% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 84% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 27 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benavides Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (313 to 308); teachers down 10% (21 to 19).
About Benavides Heights Elementary School
Benavides Heights Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in EAGLE PASS, Texas. The school counts 308 students across grades 1 through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
District-wide, EAGLE PASS ISD has 24 schools and 13,820 students.
Federal enrollment data show Benavides Heights Elementary School is 100% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 1%, meaning two students picked at random have a 1% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.2:1, with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.1 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 88%. That is 10 points above the 78% average for public schools in Maverick County.
allk12 grades Benavides Heights Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Benavides Heights Elementary School is +0.8 points: 37.0% actual, 36.3% predicted.
Benavides Heights Elementary School is located in Maverick County, where the median household income is $49,568, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14%, and roughly 20% of residents are in poverty. Besides Benavides Heights Elementary School, Maverick County has 23 other public schools.
Juan N Seguin Elementary School is the public school closest to Benavides Heights Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Benavides Heights Elementary School is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 15 more students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.2:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Benavides Heights Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Maverick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,082
Census ACS
Median income
$49,568
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
13,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAGLE PASS ISD
- Eagle Pass High SchoolHigh · 2,326 students
- C C Winn High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Eagle Pass Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,040 students
- Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Armando Cerna Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
Other schools in EAGLE PASS
- Eagle Pass High SchoolHigh · 2,326 students
- C C Winn High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Eagle Pass Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,040 students
- Memorial Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Armando Cerna Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
Nearby schools
- Juan N Seguin Elementary School0.6 mi · 292
- San Luis Elementary School0.7 mi · 314
- Early Childhood Center1.3 mi · 461
- Language Development Center1.3 mi · 440
- Dena Kelso Graves Elementary School1.4 mi · 516
- Memorial Junior High School1.6 mi · 927
Frequently asked questions
About Benavides Heights Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Benavides Heights Elementary School?
Benavides Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 308 students in grades 01-06.
What age range does Benavides Heights Elementary School serve?
Benavides Heights Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Benavides Heights Elementary School have?
Benavides Heights Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Benavides Heights Elementary School?
Student demographics at Benavides Heights Elementary School are roughly 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees Benavides Heights Elementary School?
Benavides Heights Elementary School is overseen by EAGLE PASS ISD in Maverick County.
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