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Enrollment
685
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021112007
IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO
2151 RUSSELL LN, SAN BENITO, TX 78586 · (956) 399-5252 · Cameron County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
550 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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
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
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
62.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
685
-203 (-23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 27.3:1
% White
4%
was 5%
% Hispanic
95%
was 93%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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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 IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY PHARRHigh · 848 students
- IDEA MONTOPOLIS COLLEGE PREPARATORYHigh · 835 students
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPHigh · 823 students
- IDEA MCALLEN COLLEGE PREPARATORYHigh · 820 students
- IDEA RIVERVIEW COLLEGE PREPARATORYHigh · 813 students
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY MISSIONHigh · 798 students
Other schools in SAN BENITO
- SAN BENITO H SHigh · 2,057 students
- SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMYMiddle · 781 students
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN BENITOHigh · 780 students
- BERTA CABAZA MIDDLEMiddle · 695 students
- LIBERTY MEMORIAL MIDDLEMiddle · 673 students
- SAN BENITO VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMYHigh · 645 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN BENITO0.0 mi · 780
- CAMERON CO J J A E P0.3 mi · 9
- CAMERON CO J J A E P0.3 mi · 8
- CAMERON CO J J A E P0.3 mi · 3
- CAMERON CO J J A E P0.3 mi · 1
- CAMERON CO J J A E P0.3 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITOWhat is the total enrollment at IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO?
IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO enrolls approximately 685 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO serve?
IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO.
What is the student diversity at IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO?
Student demographics at IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO are roughly 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO in?
IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.