📍 35001 Fm 1577, San Benito, Cameron County, 78586
La Encantada el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Benito, Cameron County. The school has 481 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sylvia Garcia. It is part of the San Benito Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
La Encantada el enrolls 481 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 479 | 100% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
433 of the school's 481 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 424 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
La Encantada 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 38.
La Encantada 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 481 students, La Encantada 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: Rural - Fringe