BENIGNUS EL

BENIGNUS EL, an average-sized elementary campus in KLEIN, Texas, part of KLEIN ISD, caters to 753 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 50 schools in KLEIN ISD (52,437 students total), BENIGNUS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BENIGNUS EL records that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 17% Black, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Harris County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, BENIGNUS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.8%, the actual is 64.1%, a residual of +3.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which BENIGNUS EL is one.

KRIMMEL INTERMED is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BENIGNUS EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BENIGNUS EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 58.1%.

BENIGNUS EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. BENIGNUS EL's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 792 (now 753). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 58% to 38%.

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