📍 400 N Ponciana St, San Benito, Cameron County, 78586
Cash el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Benito, Cameron County. The school has 623 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Esequiel Jr. It is part of the San Benito Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cash el enrolls 623 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 614 | 99% |
| White | 8 | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
545 of the school's 623 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 535 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.
Cash el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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.
Cash el is one of 23 schools in SAN BENITO CISD, based in SAN BENITO, Texas. The district serves 9,073 students district-wide and employs 634 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 623 students, Cash el is larger than the district average of about 394 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize