SAN BENITO VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMY

As an intimate secondary school in SAN BENITO, Texas, SAN BENITO VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMY caters to 645 students from grade 9, overseen by SAN BENITO CISD.

Across the 23 schools in SAN BENITO CISD (9,137 students total), SAN BENITO VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SAN BENITO VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). The wider county runs roughly 89% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at SAN BENITO VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SAN BENITO VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.7%; this one delivers 45.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cameron County put median household income runs about $52,601, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. SAN BENITO VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMY is one of 187 public schools in Cameron County (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students).

The closest other public school is COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAN BENITO VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAN BENITO VETERANS MEMORIAL ACADEMY has declined 16%, going from 766 students in 2018 to 645 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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