Benavides Elementary School
Public elementary school in Brownsville, Texas · Brownsville ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Benavides Elementary School serves 818 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Brownsville (Cameron County). It is one of 48 schools in Brownsville ISD. By enrollment it is the 386th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15.3 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Brownsville ISD |
| County | Cameron County |
| Area type | City, midsize |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481168008137 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Brownsville ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 818 | 36,140 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 15.3 | 15 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 78.9% | 89.3% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 59% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Benavides Elementary School in context
Size
Benavides Elementary School is the 3rd largest of Brownsville ISD's 31 elementary schools; its 818 students are 2.3% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.5 miles away with a median enrollment of 550; Benavides Elementary School is larger than most of them.
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 pre-K with 172 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 94, against an average of 117 per grade. This year grade 5 has 12% more students than kindergarten (105 against 94). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 172 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 97.9% here and 98.5% across Brownsville ISD. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
78.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 89.3% across Brownsville ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary 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 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers for 818 students, Benavides Elementary School has 15.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 818 students would have about 55.3 teachers, so Benavides Elementary School has 1.8 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Benavides Elementary School is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. The nearest other elementary school is Pullam Elementary School, 0.9 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 47 other elementary schools, 33 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 97.9% |
| White | 1.2% |
| Asian | 0.6% |
| Black | 0.2% |
49.9% of students are girls and 50.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 172 |
| Kindergarten | 94 |
| Grade 1 | 114 |
| Grade 2 | 110 |
| Grade 3 | 109 |
| Grade 4 | 114 |
| Grade 5 | 105 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
3101 McAllen Rd, Brownsville, TX 78520
Phone: (956)350-3250
Website: bisd.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Benavides Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pullam Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 0.9 mi | 889 | 17 | 67.6% |
| Jubilee Living Way | Jubilee Academies | 1.0 mi | 363 | 14.6 | 84.3% |
| Keller Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.3 mi | 537 | 14.8 | 85.8% |
| Ortiz Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.4 mi | 564 | 16.7 | 94.3% |
| Yturria Elementary School | Brownsville ISD | 1.6 mi | 526 | 15.5 | 80.2% |
| Bryss Academy | Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success | 1.7 mi | 555 | 18.9 | 95% |
| IDEA Brownsville Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 2.0 mi | 702 | 19.7 | 81.8% |
| Jubilee Leadership Academy | Jubilee Academies | 2.0 mi | 545 | 16.2 | 87.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.