Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BENITO CISD·NCES 483879004425
Roberts Elementary School
451 BIDDLE AVE, SAN BENITO, TX 78586 · (956) 361-6740 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
15.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
288 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 | 69 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
5%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
25.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 19.0% | 32.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 25.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 15.0% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 16.0% | 6.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Roberts Elementary School
Roberts Elementary School's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Elementary School this school | 303 | 95.0% | 21.0% |
| J W Caceres Discovery Int Academy DONNA | 299 | 95.3% | 36.9% |
| Palm Grove Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 294 | 95.6% | 38.6% |
| Dishman Elementary School COMBES | 313 | 94.2% | 50.0% |
| Aoy Elementary School EL PASO | 315 | 94.9% | 31.3% |
| Leo J Leo Elementary School MISSION | 319 | 95.3% | 38.8% |
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 Roberts Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #4,251 of 4,401 | #93 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,782 of 4,466 ▲ 214 | #89 of 93 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,399 of 4,466 ▼ 477 | #93 of 93 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,212 of 3,998 | #32 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #4,185 of 4,938 | #81 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,703 of 4,622 | #37 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.5% | #4,341 of 4,628 | #55 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #499 of 4,789 | #21 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #1,956 of 2,838 | #51 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
303
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 241
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 303 | 19.8 | 15.3:1 | 95% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 19.6 | 15.6:1 | 96% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 20 | 16.0:1 | 97% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 98% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 19.1 | 17.8:1 | 98% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 93% (346) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 26 | 19.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 17% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 241 | 14 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roberts Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (340 to 303); teachers up 4% (19.1 to 19.8).
About Roberts Elementary School
In SAN BENITO, Texas, Roberts Elementary School is a small elementary school. It enrolls 303 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 42% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
SAN BENITO CISD (23 schools, 9,137 students) runs Roberts Elementary School.
Roberts Elementary School is 98% Hispanic by enrollment. That compares with about 89% Hispanic among all Cameron County residents. The diversity index for Roberts Elementary School is 5%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Roberts Elementary School has 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.3:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 95%. The average for public schools in Cameron County is 84%.
On the allk12 Grade, Roberts Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 9% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 33.1% at Roberts Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.0%.
In the wider Cameron County area, median household income comes to about $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of people live in poverty. Cameron County's 187 public schools enroll about 97,392 students and include Roberts Elementary School.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Fred Booth Global Leadership Academy, is the closest to Roberts Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Roberts Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% rise, from 291 to 303.
The allk12 page for Roberts Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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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Other Roberts Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 7 states are named Roberts Elementary. Roberts Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 10.
- Roberts Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 721 students
- Roberts Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 526 students
- Roberts Elementary SchoolBAY CITY, TX · 486 students
- Roberts Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 946 students
- ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTALLAHASSEE, FL · 807 students
Nearby schools
- Fred Booth Global Leadership Academy0.5 mi · 441
- Downs Fine Arts Academy0.8 mi · 426
- Gateway to Graduation Academy0.9 mi · 64
- Sullivan Environmental Science Academy1.0 mi · 367
- Cash Elementary School1.0 mi · 611
- Miller Jordan Middle School1.0 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Roberts Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Roberts Elementary School?
Roberts Elementary School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Roberts Elementary School serve?
Roberts Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Roberts Elementary School have?
Roberts Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roberts Elementary School?
At Roberts Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees Roberts Elementary School?
Roberts 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.