Col Santos Benavides Elementary School
Public elementary school in Laredo, Texas · United ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School serves 790 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Laredo (Webb County). It is one of 51 schools in United ISD. By enrollment it is the 478th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 16.1 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than 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 ÷ 49 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | United ISD |
| County | Webb County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484365007151 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | United ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 790 | 40,742 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 16.1 | 15.8 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 36.6% | 75% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 73% 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.
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School in context
Size
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School is the 5th largest of United ISD's 30 elementary schools; its 790 students are 1.9% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.7 miles away and have a median of 592 students, so Col Santos 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 grade 5 with 147 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 6, against an average of 113 per grade. This year grade 5 has 43% more students than kindergarten (147 against 103). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 6 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 93.9% of enrollment, about the same share as across United ISD (98.7%). Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
36.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 75% across United 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
Col Santos Benavides Elementary School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 790 students would have about 53.4 teachers, so Col Santos Benavides Elementary School has 4.4 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other elementary school is Roberto J Santos Elementary School, 0.7 miles away in the same district. There are 17 elementary schools within 5 miles and 43 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 93.9% |
| Asian | 3.2% |
| White | 1.4% |
| Black | 1% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |
50.4% of students are girls and 49.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 6 |
| Kindergarten | 103 |
| Grade 1 | 125 |
| Grade 2 | 131 |
| Grade 3 | 141 |
| Grade 4 | 137 |
| Grade 5 | 147 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
10702 Kirby Dr., Laredo, TX 78045
Phone: (956)473-4900
Website: uisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Col Santos Benavides Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto J Santos Elementary School | United ISD | 0.7 mi | 584 | 15 | 62.8% |
| Charles Borchers Elementary School | United ISD | 1.0 mi | 456 | 15.2 | 54.6% |
| Dr. Malakoff Elementary School | United ISD | 1.3 mi | 599 | 16.2 | 56.3% |
| Matias De Llano Elementary School | United ISD | 1.4 mi | 453 | 14.7 | 64.9% |
| San Isidro Elementary School | United ISD | 2.0 mi | 794 | 16.4 | 35.9% |
| Trautmann Elementary School | United ISD | 2.3 mi | 661 | 16.5 | 61.9% |
| Nye Elementary School | United ISD | 3.3 mi | 685 | 15.6 | 76.8% |
| Amparo Gutierrez Elementary School | United ISD | 3.6 mi | 384 | 13.8 | 81% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.