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Enrollment
790
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365007151
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School
10702 KIRBY DR, LAREDO, TX 78045 · (956) 473-4900 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
16.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
289 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 50.0% | 28.0% | 15.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 34.0% | 19.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 78.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 66.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 46.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Col Santos Benavides Elementary School
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Col Santos Benavides Elementary School this school | 790 | 36.6% | 67.5% |
| San Isidro Elementary School LAREDO | 794 | 35.9% | 73.8% |
| Canterbury Elementary School EDINBURG | 687 | 41.5% | 66.2% |
| Polk Elementary School EL PASO | 649 | 43.9% | 60.0% |
| Congressman Silvestre & Carolina School EL PASO | 577 | 33.1% | 62.3% |
| Ellison Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 780 | 32.6% | 53.9% |
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 Col Santos Benavides Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #393 of 4,401 | #12 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #483 of 4,466 ▼ 62 | #14 of 52 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #362 of 4,466 ▼ 155 | #9 of 52 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,448 of 3,998 | #38 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #485 of 4,938 | #6 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,379 of 4,622 | #38 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.6% | #4,043 of 4,628 | #1 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #4,051 of 4,789 | #51 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #848 of 2,838 | #13 of 43 |
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
790
-210 (-21%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 790 | 49 | 16.1:1 | 37% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 827 | 48 | 17.2:1 | 39% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 895 | 48.1 | 18.6:1 | 36% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 1,000 | 53 | 18.9:1 | 34% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 1,044 | 56.8 | 18.4:1 | 32% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 992 | 54 | 18.4:1 | 34% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 917 | 51 | 18.0:1 | 30% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 41 | 17.7:1 | 57% (416) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Col Santos Benavides Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,044 to 790); teachers down 14% (56.8 to 49).
About Col Santos Benavides Elementary School
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in LAREDO, Texas, one of the schools in UNITED ISD. It had 790 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
UNITED ISD is the district for Col Santos Benavides Elementary School. It has 51 schools and 40,742 students.
At Col Santos Benavides Elementary School, 94% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 3% Asian. Census estimates put Webb County at about 95% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Col Santos Benavides Elementary School is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Col Santos Benavides Elementary School, there are about 16.1 students; the school has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. There are 289 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 37% of enrollment. Across public schools in Webb County, the average is 83%.
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of Texas public elementary schools.
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School scores 67.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.1%.
The school is in Webb County, where the median household earns about $63,058 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. Col Santos Benavides Elementary School shares Webb County with 94 other public schools.
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School's nearest public school is Roberto J Santos Elementary School (about 0.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Col Santos Benavides Elementary School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 21% over 4 years, reaching 790 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.9:1 in 2020-21 to 16.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Col Santos Benavides Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Webb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,294
Census ACS
Median income
$63,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
63,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNITED ISD
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- United South High SchoolHigh · 3,252 students
- Lyndon B JohnsonHigh · 3,240 students
- John B Alexander High SchoolHigh · 3,171 students
- Elias Herrera Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,146 students
- United Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
Other schools in LAREDO
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- United South High SchoolHigh · 3,252 students
- Lyndon B JohnsonHigh · 3,240 students
- John B Alexander High SchoolHigh · 3,171 students
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
Nearby schools
- Roberto J Santos Elementary School0.7 mi · 584
- John B Alexander High School0.8 mi · 3,171
- Charles Borchers Elementary School1.0 mi · 456
- Dr Malakoff Elementary School1.3 mi · 599
- Matias De Llano Elementary School1.4 mi · 453
- Elias Herrera Middle School1.6 mi · 1,146
Frequently asked questions
About Col Santos Benavides Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Col Santos Benavides Elementary School?
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School enrolls approximately 790 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Col Santos Benavides Elementary School serve?
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Col Santos Benavides Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Col Santos Benavides Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Col Santos Benavides Elementary School?
At Col Santos Benavides Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Col Santos Benavides Elementary School public or private?
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by UNITED ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.