SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY

SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in SAN BENITO, Texas, part of SOUTH TEXAS ISD. The school instructs 781 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY is one of 7 schools operated by SOUTH TEXAS ISD, a district that works with 4,639 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest looks like 3% White, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cameron County (around 84%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY 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 49.0%; SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY posts 76.3%, +27.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cameron County) records that median household earnings sit near $52,601, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. In all, Cameron County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,392 students), of which SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY is one.

BERTA CABAZA MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY's enrollment has expanded 57% since 2018, when it stood at 497 (now 781). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 84% to 93% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.