Living in Rancho Banquete, TX: what to set up and who to call
Rancho Banquete has no town government of its own, so Nueces County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Banquete Independent School District. Nueces Electric Cooperative delivers the power in Rancho Banquete, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Rancho Banquete, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Rancho Banquete.
Power comes from Nueces Electric Cooperative
Nueces Electric Cooperative (Nueces Electric Cooperative), a cooperative utility, serves all of Rancho Banquete. Its homes paid an average of 11.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across Texas).
Start or move service: nueceselectric.org · (800) 632-9288
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Nueces WSC
Nueces WSC supplies almost all of Rancho Banquete. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists South Texas Water Authority as seller) and serves 3,165 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 58% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. TX1780052.
Which providers serve Rancho Banquete
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Rancho Banquete, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Rancho Banquete’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Rancho Banquete.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Rancho Banquete (54%) is in Banquete Independent School District; parts are in Agua Dulce Independent School District (46%).
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Rancho Banquete is unincorporated, so Nueces County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Rancho Banquete is in ZIP code 78380
ZIP codes where Rancho Banquete residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Rancho Banquete | ZIP’s residents in Rancho Banquete |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78380 | Robstown, TX | 100% | 2% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Rancho Banquete
Who supplies Rancho Banquete’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Nueces WSC (EPA ID TX1780052). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.6 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Rancho Banquete?
Nueces Electric Cooperative (Nueces Electric Cooperative), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 11.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Rancho Banquete?
78380. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Rancho Banquete in?
Banquete Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Agua Dulce Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Rancho Banquete?
Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Nueces County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet (FCC): pending.