📍 35076 Padilla St, San Benito, Cameron County, 78586
La Paloma el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Benito, Cameron County. The school has 446 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lucas Gomez. It is part of the San Benito Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
La Paloma el enrolls 446 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 439 | 98% |
| White | 6 | 1.3% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
405 of the school's 446 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 399 qualify for free lunch and 6 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 Paloma 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 Paloma 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 446 students, La Paloma el is close to the district average of about 394 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe