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Enrollment
611
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BENITO CISD·NCES 483879004418
Cash Elementary School
400 N PONCIANA ST, SAN BENITO, TX 78586 · (956) 361-6700 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
502 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 | 67 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 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 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 34.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Cash Elementary School
Cash Elementary School's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Elementary School this school | 611 | 82.2% | 49.4% |
| Lloyd & Dolly Bentsen Elementary School MCALLEN | 611 | 81.3% | 49.3% |
| Judith Zaffirini Elementary School LAREDO | 618 | 82.5% | 47.5% |
| Alfred Sorensen Elementary School SAN JUAN | 583 | 84.6% | 48.1% |
| Elfida Chavez Elementary School EL PASO | 616 | 81.5% | 45.0% |
| Dr Fermin Calderon Elementary School DEL RIO | 623 | 84.9% | 32.8% |
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 Cash Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #1,484 of 4,401 | #32 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,539 of 4,466 ▼ 131 | #44 of 93 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,395 of 4,466 ▼ 104 | #27 of 93 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #1,152 of 3,998 | #29 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #1,533 of 4,938 | #22 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #3,853 of 4,622 | #77 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.2% | #4,358 of 4,628 | #58 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #1,785 of 4,789 | #69 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #1,280 of 1,307 | #22 of 22 |
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
611
-48 (-7%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 611 | 36.1 | 16.9:1 | 82% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 630 | 37.9 | 16.6:1 | 84% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 36.6 | 17.0:1 | 87% (545) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 40 | 16.5:1 | 88% (582) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 35.2 | 17.3:1 | 84% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 32 | 19.8:1 | 82% (517) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 17% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 71 | 7.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cash Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (608 to 611); teachers up 2% (35.2 to 36.1).
About Cash Elementary School
Cash Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, located in SAN BENITO. It serves 611 students in pre-K through 5.
SAN BENITO CISD, which runs Cash Elementary School, has 23 schools and 9,137 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Cash Elementary School, with 98% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 2% White. In Cameron County overall, about 89% of residents are Hispanic. Cash Elementary School has a diversity index of 4%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.9:1. That ratio is over the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 82%. Across public schools in Cameron County, the average is about the same, 84%.
Cash Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cash Elementary School scores 49.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 38.6%.
Federal survey data for Cameron County show that median household income is about $52,601, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 21%. A total of 187 public schools operate in Cameron County, serving about 97,392 students.
The shortest distance from Cash Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Miller Jordan Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Cash Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Cash Elementary School the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The number of students dropped from 659 to 611 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Cash Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAN BENITO CISD
- San Benito High SchoolHigh · 2,057 students
- Berta Cabaza Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- San Benito Veterans Memorial AcademyHigh · 645 students
- San Benito Riverside Middle SchoolMiddle · 558 students
- La Encantada Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Miller Jordan Middle SchoolMiddle · 477 students
Other schools in SAN BENITO
- San Benito High SchoolHigh · 2,057 students
- South Texas ISD Rising Scholars AcademyMiddle · 781 students
- IDEA College Preparatory San BenitoHigh · 780 students
- Berta Cabaza Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- IDEA Academy San BenitoElementary · 685 students
- Liberty Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
Other Cash Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cash Elementary. Cash Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Cash ElementaryKernersville, NC · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Miller Jordan Middle School0.2 mi · 477
- Gateway to Graduation Academy0.6 mi · 64
- Downs Fine Arts Academy0.7 mi · 426
- Raul Garza Jr Steam Academy1.0 mi · 437
- Roberts Elementary School1.0 mi · 303
- Fred Booth Global Leadership Academy1.2 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Cash Elementary SchoolHow large is Cash Elementary School?
Cash Elementary School enrolls approximately 611 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cash Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cash Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cash Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cash Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cash Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cash Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 98% Hispanic.
Is Cash Elementary School public or private?
Cash Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SAN BENITO CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.