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Schools in Benavides · Benavides Independent School District

Benavides’s public schools score below 91% of Texas districts on tests and graduation

17% of students in Benavides’s public schools are proficient in math, below the Texas average (41%). The grade covers the public school district serving Benavides, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
42%
▼ 9 pts vs TX 51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
17%
▼ 24 pts vs TX 41%
2021–22
Spent per student
$17.5K
▲ 37% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
6.1
TX 14.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
148 students on the public path
In brief

Benavides’s schools, in brief

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 42% of tested students were proficient in reading and 17% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Spending, and where it came from

The district spent $17,494 per student in FY2024, against $12,815 across Texas. 31% of its revenue that year was federal (Texas 13%), in the last year of pandemic relief. Districts ↓

One elementary school, then one middle school

From grade 6 the district’s path is Benavides Secondary. Enrollment is down 67% since 2023–24. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Benavides’s grade

D Test scores

D: better than 9% of Texas school districts. Test scores are below the Texas average; there is no graduation rate to add.

Texas school districts we grade (1,191)Better than 9%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (468)Better than 5%
D−C−A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 103 test results could put Benavides anywhere from D− to C−. The tests are from spring 2022, when 98% of Benavides’s students in the tested grades sat them (108 in math, 98 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Benavides, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Benavides ElBenavides Independent School DistrictC−
6–12Benavides SecondaryBenavides Independent School DistrictC

Benavides’s public schools are run by Benavides Independent School District. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Benavides Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 148 students, down 67% since 2023–24 · 6.1 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$17,494TX $12,815 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading42%
State average 51.1% · 98 students tested
Math17%
State average 40.9% · 108 students tested
A note on the data.In FY2024, 31% of the Benavides district’s revenue came from the federal government, against 13% across Texas, in the last year of federal pandemic relief; spending per student is reported as published.

Benavides vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Benavides’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
BenavidesDBenavides Independent

Every school in Benavides

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Benavidesby address
Benavides El
Elementary · Grades PK–5
C−
61 students7:1Rate it →
Benavides Secondary
High · Grades 6–12
C
87 students6:1Rate it →

Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (Tripoint Academy Sa).

Questions about Benavides’s schools

Are Benavides’s schools good?

On Texas’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Benavides children attend score below 91% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a D Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 5%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Benavides in?

Benavides Independent School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 148 students in 2 schools (2024–25).

How much does Benavides spend per student?

$17,494 in Benavides Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.