📍 1100 e 21st St, Cameron, Milam County, 76520
Ben Milam el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cameron, Milam County. The school has 421 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Glenell Bankhead. It is part of the Cameron Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Ben Milam el enrolls 421 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 28% White and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 231 | 55% |
| White | 118 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 57 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
340 of the school's 421 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 309 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ben Milam el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 5, state house district 20.
Ben Milam el is one of 4 schools in CAMERON ISD, based in CAMERON, Texas. The district serves 1,488 students district-wide and employs 112 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 421 students, Ben Milam el is close to the district average of about 372 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe