📍 30515 Farm Rd 1847, San Benito, Cameron County, 78586
Palmer-laakso el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Benito, Cameron County. The school has 495 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Francisco Hernandez. It is part of the Los Fresnos Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Palmer-laakso el enrolls 495 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 477 | 96% |
| White | 14 | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
387 of the school's 495 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 387 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Palmer-laakso 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 27, state house district 37.
Palmer-laakso el is one of 14 schools in LOS FRESNOS CISD, based in LOS FRESNOS, Texas. The district serves 10,357 students district-wide and employs 683 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 495 students, Palmer-laakso el is smaller than the district average of about 740 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe