ROBERTS EL

ROBERTS EL operates as an intimate elementary school in SAN BENITO, Texas, overseen by SAN BENITO CISD. Current enrollment sits at 303 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 42% leaner than typical.

SAN BENITO CISD comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 9,137 students; ROBERTS EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, ROBERTS EL shows that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Cameron County as a whole is about 89% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cameron County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROBERTS EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 32.4%; ROBERTS EL posts 16.3%, -16.1 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cameron County put 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%. ROBERTS EL is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students).

The closest other public school is FRED BOOTH GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROBERTS EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. ROBERTS EL's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 340 (now 303). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.