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If you could change one rule at LLOYD M BENTSEN EL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA JOYA ISD·NCES 482613008658
Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School
3301 W MILE 3, MISSION, TX 78572 · (956) 323-2480 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- DThree-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
16.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
461 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 107 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 0% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 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 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 25.0% | 19.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 64.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School
Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School this school | 538 | 85.7% | 51.6% |
| Keller Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 537 | 85.8% | 46.8% |
| Raquel Cavazos Elementary School ALTON | 521 | 85.8% | 40.8% |
| E B Reyna Elementary School MISSION | 523 | 87.0% | 49.0% |
| Josefa L Sambrano Elementary School SAN ELIZARIO | 554 | 87.2% | N/A |
| Lamar Elementary School DEL RIO | 547 | 87.0% | 38.4% |
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 Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #1,293 of 4,401 | #43 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,868 of 4,466 ▲ 591 | #88 of 183 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,528 of 4,466 ▼ 808 | #112 of 183 ▼ 49 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #402 of 3,998 | #10 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #2,147 of 4,938 | #81 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,535 of 4,622 | #113 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.1% | #4,524 of 4,628 | #131 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.7% | #1,508 of 4,789 | #137 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #1,787 of 2,838 | #90 of 128 |
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
538
-30 (-5%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 720
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 538 | 32.9 | 16.4:1 | 86% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 37.1 | 14.2:1 | 91% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 40.2 | 14.2:1 | 86% (494) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 92% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 40 | 15.4:1 | 82% (509) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 42 | 16.3:1 | 86% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 1% (4) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (617 to 538); teachers down 18% (40 to 32.9).
About Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School
Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in MISSION, Texas. The school's enrollment of 538 students covers pre-K through 5.
LA JOYA ISD has 22,942 students spread across 36 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School is 99% Hispanic. Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School's diversity index is 1%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.4:1, with 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School is 86%. That tracks the 85% average for public schools in Hidalgo County.
Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School beats its 37.1% prediction with 51.6%, a top-10% result in Texas.
Across Hidalgo County, the median household income is $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hidalgo County is home to 364 public schools and about 212,859 public school students.
Nearest public school: La Joya Palmview High School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School's average proficiency of 51.6% compares with 42.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 538, a 5% decrease from 568 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.2:1 in 2020-21, and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LA JOYA ISD
- La Joya High SchoolHigh · 2,405 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Enrique Kiki Camarena Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Ann Richards Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
Other schools in MISSION
- Mission High SchoolHigh · 2,154 students
- La Joya Palmview High SchoolHigh · 2,073 students
- Juarez-Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sharyland High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Sharyland Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
Nearby schools
- La Joya Palmview High School0.2 mi · 2,073
- IDEA Palmview Academy0.5 mi · 705
- IDEA Palmview College Preparatory0.5 mi · 446
- Patricio Perez Elementary School0.9 mi · 421
- Narciso Cavazos1.0 mi · 471
- Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School1.3 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School?
Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School enrolls approximately 538 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School serve?
Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School.
How diverse is Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School?
Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School reports a student body of 99% Hispanic, 1% Black.
What district is Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School in?
Lloyd M Bentsen Elementary School is part of LA JOYA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.