1
Enrollment
683
Elementary
DISTRICT 684 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KLEIN ISD·NCES 482574002896
Benfer Elementary School
18027B KUYKENDAHL RD, KLEIN, TX 77379 · (832) 484-6000 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL683 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
455 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 62 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 31.0% | 19.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Benfer Elementary School
Benfer Elementary School's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benfer Elementary School this school | 683 | 66.6% | 52.2% |
| Yeager Elementary School HOUSTON | 708 | 71.3% | 40.0% |
| Evers Park Elementary School DENTON | 732 | 61.7% | 37.4% |
| Ricardo Salinas Elementary School UNIVERSAL CITY | 675 | 70.5% | 37.4% |
| Kohrville Elementary School KLEIN | 671 | 64.1% | 46.2% |
| Basswood Elementary School FORT WORTH | 563 | 64.3% | 42.6% |
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 Benfer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #1,253 of 4,401 | #135 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,504 of 4,466 ▼ 356 | #192 of 625 ▼ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,265 of 4,466 ▲ 445 | #154 of 625 ▲ 55 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #1,030 of 3,998 | #151 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 683 | #1,025 of 4,938 | #257 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #2,025 of 4,622 | #272 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #620 of 4,628 | #82 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.6% | #2,747 of 4,789 | #498 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #1,412 of 2,838 | #254 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
683
-66 (-9%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 837
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 683 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 67% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 777 | 51.8 | 15.0:1 | 67% (520) |
| 2022-23 | 795 | 51.4 | 15.5:1 | 66% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 51 | 14.7:1 | 59% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 825 | 51.9 | 15.9:1 | 41% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 53 | 14.8:1 | 39% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 47 | 13.8:1 | 35% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 15% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 837 | 45 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benfer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (825 to 683); teachers down 9% (51.9 to 47).
About Benfer Elementary School
Benfer Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in KLEIN, Texas. It enrolls 683 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. That is 32% larger than the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
KLEIN ISD has a total of 50 schools and 52,437 students, Benfer Elementary School among them.
The student body at Benfer Elementary School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 46%. Other groups include 24% Black, 18% White, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. In Harris County overall, the Hispanic share is about 44%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Benfer Elementary School is 14.5:1, based on 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Benfer Elementary School counts 67% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Benfer Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 52.2% actual against 45.2% predicted.
Census data for Harris County show median household income comes to about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Benfer Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Benfer Elementary School is closest to Strack Intermediate School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Benfer Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 52.2% against a local average of 50.4%.
Benfer Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
A 9% decline took enrollment from 749 in 2020-21 to 683 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Benfer Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 KLEIN ISD
- Klein Cain High SchoolHigh · 3,922 students
- Klein Oak High SchoolHigh · 3,766 students
- Klein Forest High SchoolHigh · 3,418 students
- Klein High SchoolHigh · 3,366 students
- Klein Collins High SchoolHigh · 3,360 students
- Wunderlich Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,319 students
Other schools in KLEIN
- Klein Cain High SchoolHigh · 3,922 students
- Klein Oak High SchoolHigh · 3,766 students
- Klein Forest High SchoolHigh · 3,418 students
- Klein High SchoolHigh · 3,366 students
- Klein Collins High SchoolHigh · 3,360 students
- Wunderlich Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,319 students
Nearby schools
- Strack Intermediate School0.1 mi · 1,237
- Kuehnle Elementary School1.2 mi · 687
- Haude Elementary School1.9 mi · 532
- Klein Collins High School1.9 mi · 3,360
- Ponderosa Elementary School2.1 mi · 740
- Kreinhop Elementary School2.1 mi · 787
Frequently asked questions
About Benfer Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Benfer Elementary School?
Benfer Elementary School enrolls approximately 683 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Benfer Elementary School serve?
Benfer Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Benfer Elementary School have?
Benfer Elementary School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Benfer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Benfer Elementary School are roughly 18% White, 46% Hispanic, 24% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Benfer Elementary School in?
Benfer Elementary School is part of KLEIN ISD.
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