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Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp

Public high school in San Benito, Texas · San Benito CISD · Grades 9–11

Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp serves 15 students in grades 9–11 in San Benito (Cameron County). It is one of 21 schools in San Benito CISD. By enrollment it is the 1869th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 3.1 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.

15
students
3.1
students per teacher
73.3%
free/reduced lunch eligible
9–11
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 4.87 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeAlternative School
LevelHigh
Grades9–11
DistrictSan Benito CISD
CountyCameron County
Area typeCity, small
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID483879008139

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolSan Benito CISDTexas high schools (median)
Students159,073457
Students per teacher3.114.314
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible73.3%84.8%63.8%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 1% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp in context

Size

Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp is the 4th largest of San Benito CISD's 5 high schools; its 15 students are 0.2% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 499; Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 9 with 11 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 1, against an average of 5 per grade. This year grade 11 has 91% fewer students than grade 9 (1 against 11). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 93.3% here and 97.9% across San Benito CISD.

73.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 84.8% across San Benito CISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 4.87 full-time-equivalent teachers for 15 students, Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp has 3.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 15 students would have about 1.1 teachers, so Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp has 3.8 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. Hester Juvenile Detent (in the same district) is listed at the same location. Within 10 miles there are 12 other high schools, 10 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic
93.3%
Black
6.7%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 9
11
Grade 10
3
Grade 11
1

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

2300 W Bus Hwy 77, San Benito, TX 78586
Phone: (956)361-3509

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp. Blue: the nearest high schools.

Nearby high schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Hester Juvenile DetentSan Benito CISD0.0 mi4011.667.5%
IDEA College Preparatory San BenitoIDEA Public Schools0.3 mi78016.682.4%
Harlingen Collegiate High SchoolHarlingen CISD0.6 mi35315.554.7%
Triumph Public High Schools-San BenitoTriumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley0.7 mi10816.8–
Secondary Alternative CenterHarlingen CISD1.4 mi5911.391.5%
San Benito Veterans Memorial AcademySan Benito CISD1.4 mi64512.782.9%
San Benito High SchoolSan Benito CISD1.5 mi2,0571581.1%
Harlingen High SchoolHarlingen CISD3.5 mi2,43314.577.8%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in San Benito CISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Angela Gerusa Leal Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5351
Berta Cabaza Middle SchoolMiddle6–8695
Cash Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5611
Collegiate AcademyMiddle6–8117
Downs Fine Arts AcademyElementaryPre-K–5426
Fred Booth Global Leadership AcademyElementaryPre-K–5441
Greyhounds Online AcademyOtherK–1076
Hester Juvenile DetentHigh7–1140
Judge Oscar De La Fuente Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5271
La Encantada Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5488
La Paloma Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5474
Miller Jordan Middle SchoolMiddle6–8477
Rangerville Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5203
Raul Garza Jr. STEAM AcademyElementaryPre-K–5437
Rgv Youth Recovery HomeHigh8–1212
Roberts Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5303
San Benito High SchoolHigh9–122,057
San Benito Riverside Middle SchoolMiddle6–8558
San Benito Veterans Memorial AcademyHigh9645
Sullivan Environmental Science AcademyElementaryPre-K–5367