PALMER-LAAKSO EL

PALMER-LAAKSO EL is a primary school of medium-sized scale in SAN BENITO, Texas, one of the schools within LOS FRESNOS CISD, works with 582 students in grades pre-K through 5.

LOS FRESNOS CISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 10,357 students; PALMER-LAAKSO EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, PALMER-LAAKSO EL shows that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 3% White.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Cameron County's rate of about 84%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PALMER-LAAKSO EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 40.9%; PALMER-LAAKSO EL posts 58.5%, +17.6 points above that line.

In the broader community, Cameron County reports that the typical household earns roughly $52,601 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. In all, Cameron County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), of which PALMER-LAAKSO EL is one.

LOS FRESNOS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around PALMER-LAAKSO EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PALMER-LAAKSO EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 56.2%.

PALMER-LAAKSO EL operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PALMER-LAAKSO EL has edged up 3%, going from 564 students in 2018 to 582 in 2025.

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