📍 6262 Gulfton St, Houston, Harris County, 77081
Benavidez el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 923 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rania Khalil. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Benavidez el enrolls 923 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% Hispanic or Latino, 18% Asian and 5.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 668 | 72% |
| Asian | 162 | 18% |
| Black or African American | 52 | 5.6% |
| White | 35 | 3.8% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
922 of the school's 923 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 912 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Benavidez el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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-70, state senate district 13, state house district 137.
Benavidez el is one of 274 schools in HOUSTON ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 176,727 students district-wide and employs 10,993 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 923 students, Benavidez 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 - Large