Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BENITO CISD·NCES 483879011162
Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School
2700 S SAM HOUSTON, SAN BENITO, TX 78586 · (956) 361-6820 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
13.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
225 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
7%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 39 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 | 19.0% | 29.0% | 32.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 31.0% | 36.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 12.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 9.0% | 4.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 →
Schools most like Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School
Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School this school | 271 | 83.0% | 37.2% |
| Presa Elementary School EL PASO | 289 | 84.1% | 60.0% |
| Friona Elementary School FRIONA | 283 | 82.3% | 16.5% |
| Benito Juarez Elementary School CRYSTAL CITY | 250 | 81.2% | 26.4% |
| Jc Kelly Elementary School PHARR | 260 | 86.2% | 75.5% |
| Deanna Davenport Elementary School CANUTILLO | 303 | 85.8% | 33.8% |
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 Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #2,922 of 4,401 | #78 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,786 of 4,466 ▲ 409 | #78 of 93 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,799 of 4,466 ▼ 509 | #70 of 93 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.0pp | #591 of 3,998 | #10 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #4,355 of 4,938 | #86 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,214 of 4,622 | #4 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.2% | #4,218 of 4,628 | #34 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.0% | #1,730 of 4,789 | #68 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.9% | #419 of 2,838 | #11 of 64 |
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
271
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
-56% since 2010-11, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 271 | 19.9 | 13.6:1 | 83% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 236 | 18.3 | 12.9:1 | 88% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 18.4 | 13.8:1 | 83% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 86% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 23.2 | 17.2:1 | 84% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 85% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 30 | 20.7:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (398 to 271); teachers down 14% (23.2 to 19.9).
About Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School
Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School is an elementary school in SAN BENITO, Texas, according to federal school records. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 271 students. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
SAN BENITO CISD (23 schools, 9,137 students) runs Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School.
The share of students at Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School who are Hispanic is 96%. Smaller groups are 3% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 7%.
Classroom staffing at Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School totals 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School is about 83%. That is in line with the 84% average for public schools in Cameron County.
Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of Texas public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School is 1.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.2% actual, 38.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In Cameron County, the median household earns about $52,601 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 21%. Across Cameron County, 187 public schools serve about 97,392 students.
Of the public schools around it, Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School is closest to Sullivan Environmental Science Academy, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased 8% over 4 years, reaching 271 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.8:1 to 13.6:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary SchoolHow large is Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School?
Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School enrolls approximately 271 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School serve?
Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School?
Student demographics at Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School?
Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary School is overseen by SAN BENITO CISD in Cameron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.