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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at BENEKE EL this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 662 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING ISD·NCES 484122006329
Beneke Elementary School
3840 BRIARCHASE DR, HOUSTON, TX 77014 · (281) 891-8450 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- B-Beats 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
16.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
480 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 66 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 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 | 26.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Beneke Elementary School
Beneke Elementary School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beneke Elementary School this school | 573 | 83.8% | 37.6% |
| Stuchbery Elementary School HOUSTON | 604 | 84.4% | 44.5% |
| Jowell Elementary School KATY | 574 | 83.8% | 38.4% |
| IDEA Walzem Academy SAN ANTONIO | 611 | 85.3% | 34.4% |
| Hoover Elementary School KATY | 660 | 83.8% | N/A |
| Carroll Peak Elementary School FORT WORTH | 489 | 84.3% | 28.9% |
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 Beneke Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #2,877 of 4,401 | #400 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,611 of 4,466 ▲ 1,025 | #206 of 625 ▲ 166 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,320 of 4,466 ▲ 1,034 | #304 of 625 ▲ 170 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,423 of 3,998 | #224 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #1,835 of 4,938 | #381 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #3,716 of 4,622 | #505 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #2,442 of 4,628 | #331 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #1,663 of 4,789 | #373 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #1,377 of 2,838 | #248 of 441 |
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
573
-116 (-17%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 1,103
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 573 | 34.4 | 16.7:1 | 84% (480) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 46.3 | 12.4:1 | 89% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 637 | 45.8 | 13.9:1 | 87% (556) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 90% (618) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 72% (501) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 46 | 15.7:1 | 77% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 865 | 53 | 16.3:1 | 75% (651) |
| 2000-01 | 769 | 50 | 15.4:1 | 39% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 1,103 | 51 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beneke Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (695 to 573); teachers down 24% (45 to 34.4).
About Beneke Elementary School
Federal records list Beneke Elementary School as an elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. It enrolled 573 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
SPRING ISD has 33,678 students spread across 42 schools.
At 66%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Beneke Elementary School combined. Other students are 25% Black, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County residents are about 44% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Beneke Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
Teacher staffing is 34.4 full-time equivalents, or about 16.7 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. About 84% of students, or 480, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Harris County, the average is 70%.
allk12 grades Beneke Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Beneke Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.6% is within a point of the 37.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. A total of 1,205 public schools operate in Harris County, serving about 886,911 students.
Texasworks - Houston-Champions is located about 0.9 miles from Beneke Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 45.7%, higher than Beneke Elementary School's 37.6%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 689 to 573. Students per teacher rose from 14.3 in 2020-21 to 16.7 in 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRING ISD
- Spring High SchoolHigh · 2,594 students
- Andy Dekaney High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Westfield High SchoolHigh · 2,264 students
- Carl Wunsche Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,503 students
- Chet Burchett Elementary SchoolElementary · 982 students
- Rickey C Bailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 982 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Texasworks - Houston-Champions0.9 mi · 12
- Premier H S-Houston (champions)0.9 mi · 109
- Momentum High School0.9 mi · 176
- Ignite Community School - Fallbrook1.0 mi · 208
- Edward Roberson Middle School1.0 mi · 872
- Kaiser Elementary School1.1 mi · 724
Frequently asked questions
About Beneke Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Beneke Elementary School?
Beneke Elementary School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Beneke Elementary School serve?
Beneke Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Beneke Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Beneke Elementary School.
How diverse is Beneke Elementary School?
Beneke Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 66% Hispanic, 25% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Beneke Elementary School in?
Beneke Elementary School is part of SPRING ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.