📍 3101 Mcallen Rd, Brownsville, Cameron County, 78520
Benavides el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brownsville, Cameron County. The school has 882 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Anabela Almanza. It is part of the Brownsville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Benavides el enrolls 882 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 868 | 98% |
| White | 10 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
731 of the school's 882 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 518 qualify for free lunch and 213 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Benavides el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 38.
Benavides el is one of 56 schools in BROWNSVILLE ISD, based in BROWNSVILLE, Texas. The district serves 36,140 students district-wide and employs 2,575 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 882 students, Benavides el is larger than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize