BENFER EL

BENFER EL operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in KLEIN, Texas, part of KLEIN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 683 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BENFER EL sits 32% above that benchmark.

Within KLEIN ISD, which oversees 50 schools and 52,437 students, BENFER EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BENFER EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Black, 18% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. Compared to Harris County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BENFER EL has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 67% of students at BENFER EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BENFER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), BENFER EL is one campus in the mix.

STRACK INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BENFER EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BENFER EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BENFER EL has decreased 17%, going from 825 students in 2018 to 683 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 32% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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