Enrollment
227
Elementary
DISTRICT 195 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FT HANCOCK ISD·NCES 482013010851
BENITO MARTINEZ EL
100 SCHOOL DR, FT HANCOCK, TX 79839 · (915) 769-3913 · Hudspeth County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
188 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
BENITO MARTINEZ EL→FORT HANCOCK H S
Based on grade levels within FT HANCOCK ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
34.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
227
+27 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 12.7:1
% White
1%
was 3%
% Hispanic
99%
was 96%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BENITO MARTINEZ EL
BENITO MARTINEZ EL is one of the compact primary schools in FT HANCOCK, Texas, overseen by FT HANCOCK ISD, with 227 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 56% below the state mean of about 519.
FT HANCOCK ISD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 390 students; BENITO MARTINEZ EL is among them.
On demographics, BENITO MARTINEZ EL reports that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Hudspeth County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, BENITO MARTINEZ EL logs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BENITO MARTINEZ EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.7%, the actual is 31.4%, a residual of -6.3 points.
In the area at large, Hudspeth County reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,600 per year, roughly 10% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Hudspeth County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 566 students), of which BENITO MARTINEZ EL is one.
The closest other public school is FORT HANCOCK H S, roughly 0.5 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BENITO MARTINEZ EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.6%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 14%: 200 students in 2018 compared to 227 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.
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Hudspeth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,403
Census ACS
Median income
$48,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
10%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
566 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FT HANCOCK ISD
- FORT HANCOCK H SHigh · 163 students
- FORT HANCOCK MIDDLECombined
Nearby schools
- FORT HANCOCK H S0.5 mi · 163
- TORNILLO INT18.1 mi · 335
- TORNILLO J H18.1 mi · 150
- TORNILLO H S18.3 mi · 241
- FABENS EL22.3 mi · 421
- FABENS MIDDLE22.5 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About BENITO MARTINEZ ELHow many students attend BENITO MARTINEZ EL?
BENITO MARTINEZ EL enrolls approximately 227 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does BENITO MARTINEZ EL serve?
BENITO MARTINEZ EL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at BENITO MARTINEZ EL?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at BENITO MARTINEZ EL.
How diverse is BENITO MARTINEZ EL?
BENITO MARTINEZ EL reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Is BENITO MARTINEZ EL public or private?
BENITO MARTINEZ EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FT HANCOCK ISD.
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