📍 2310 W Hwy 77, San Benito, Cameron County, 78586
Hester Juvenile Detent is an Alternative/PRU serving secondary age pupils, located in San Benito, Cameron County. The school has 24 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Scott Hausler. It is part of the San Benito Cisd school district. It serves grades 7–11 in an urban setting. The school employs 4.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.8:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Hester Juvenile Detent enrolls 24 students across grades 7–11. The student body is 75% male and 25% female. A teaching staff of 4.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
15 of the school's 24 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 15 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.
Hester Juvenile Detent is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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.
Hester Juvenile Detent 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 24 students, Hester Juvenile Detent is smaller than the district average of about 394 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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