Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito
Public high school (charter) in San Benito, Texas · Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley · Grades 9–12
Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito serves 108 students in grades 9–12 in San Benito (Cameron County). It is one of 4 schools in Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley. By enrollment it is the 1581st largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 16.8 students per full-time teacher, it has more 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 ÷ 6.43 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley |
| County | Cameron County |
| Area type | Suburb, midsize |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 480013311872 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 108 | 457 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 16.8 | 19.3 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | – | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 77% 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.
Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito in context
Size
Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito is the smallest of Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley's 4 high schools; its 108 students are 23.6% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.1 miles away and have a median of 499 students, so Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito 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. As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
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 12 with 51 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 6, against an average of 27 per grade. This year grade 12 has 750% more students than grade 9 (51 against 6). 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 99.1% of enrollment, about the same share as across Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley (99.6%).
It does not take part in the National School Lunch Program.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito has 6.43 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 108 students would have about 7.7 teachers, so Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito has 1.3 fewer.
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 suburb, midsize, which means it is in an urbanized area of 100,000 to 250,000 people, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is IDEA College Preparatory San Benito, 0.7 miles away in IDEA Public Schools. There are 10 high schools within 5 miles and 13 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.1% |
| White | 0.9% |
45.4% of students are girls and 54.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 6 |
| Grade 10 | 17 |
| Grade 11 | 34 |
| Grade 12 | 51 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1785 W Business Hwy 77, San Benito, TX 78586
Phone: (956)276-9930
Website: triumphpublicschools.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Triumph Public High Schools-San Benito. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA College Preparatory San Benito | IDEA Public Schools | 0.7 mi | 780 | 16.6 | 82.4% |
| Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp | San Benito CISD | 0.7 mi | 15 | 3.1 | 73.3% |
| Hester Juvenile Detent | San Benito CISD | 0.7 mi | 40 | 11.6 | 67.5% |
| San Benito High School | San Benito CISD | 0.9 mi | 2,057 | 15 | 81.1% |
| Harlingen Collegiate High School | Harlingen CISD | 1.2 mi | 353 | 15.5 | 54.7% |
| San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy | San Benito CISD | 1.3 mi | 645 | 12.7 | 82.9% |
| Secondary Alternative Center | Harlingen CISD | 2.1 mi | 59 | 11.3 | 91.5% |
| Harlingen High School | Harlingen CISD | 4.2 mi | 2,433 | 14.5 | 77.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triumph Public High Schools-Brownsville | High | 9–12 | 122 |
| Triumph Public High Schools-Mcallen | High | 9–12 | 118 |
| Triumph Public High Schools-Mercedes | High | 9–12 | 109 |