Benavides Secondary
Public high school in Benavides, Texas · Benavides ISD · Grades 6–12
Benavides Secondary serves 87 students in grades 6–12 in Benavides (Duval County). It is one of 2 schools in Benavides ISD. By enrollment it is the 1635th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 5.6 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.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 15.55 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Benavides ISD |
| County | Duval County |
| Area type | Rural, remote |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 489913005627 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Benavides ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 87 | 148 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 5.6 | 6.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 89.7% | 89.2% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 4% 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.
Benavides Secondary in context
Size
Benavides Secondary is the only high school in Benavides ISD. Its 87 students are 58.8% of the district's 148. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 24.4 miles away and have a median of 334 students, so Benavides Secondary is smaller 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 grade 10 with 19 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 7, against an average of 12 per grade. This year grade 12 has 86% more students than grade 6 (13 against 7). 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
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 94.3% of enrollment, about the same share as across Benavides ISD (94.6%).
89.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 89.2% across Benavides ISD 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
Benavides Secondary has 15.55 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 5.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 87 students would have about 6.2 teachers, so Benavides Secondary has 9.4 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as rural, remote, which means it is in rural territory more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from a town. The nearest other high school is San Diego High School, 15.2 miles away in San Diego ISD. No other high school is within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 94.3% |
| White | 5.7% |
48.3% of students are girls and 51.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 7 |
| Grade 7 | 12 |
| Grade 8 | 10 |
| Grade 9 | 15 |
| Grade 10 | 19 |
| Grade 11 | 11 |
| Grade 12 | 13 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1025 Eagle Dr., Benavides, TX 78341
Phone: (361)256-3040
Website: benavidesisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Benavides Secondary. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego High School | San Diego ISD | 15.2 mi | 446 | 14.6 | 83.9% |
| Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School | Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco ISD | 21.2 mi | 206 | 10.3 | 85% |
| Freer High School | Freer ISD | 22.7 mi | 202 | 7.8 | 87.6% |
| Premont Collegiate High School | Premont ISD | 24.3 mi | 387 | 12.9 | 91% |
| Hebbronville High School | Jim Hogg County ISD | 24.5 mi | 298 | 11.1 | 84.2% |
| Alice High School | Alice ISD | 25.7 mi | 1,295 | 18.2 | 86.3% |
| Bruni High School | Webb CISD | 27.4 mi | 80 | 6.6 | 87.5% |
| Falfurrias High School | Brooks County ISD | 30.1 mi | 370 | 12.4 | 73% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Benavides ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benavides Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 61 |