IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO

IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO is a moderately sized primary school in SAN BENITO, Texas, one of the schools within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school educates 685 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO sits 32% bigger than that benchmark.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 79,430 students; IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO is among them.

On the student-mix side, IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO records that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 4% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Cameron County shows median household earnings sit near $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Cameron County's 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN BENITO, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO has ticked down 23%, going from 888 students in 2018 to 685 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 27.3:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.