Schools · San Benito

San Benito, TX schools

Kids attend one of 8 elementary schools through grade 5, then Berta Cabaza Middle or Miller Jordan Middle or Collegiate Academy and San Benito H S.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C-School Grade #493Best schools in TX (of 583)#339Highest graduation rate in TX (of 584)

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San Benito’s School Grade: C-

The public schools San Benito’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 83% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DTest scoresC-Graduation

Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 17%

Lower resultsHigher results

Texas towns with similar household incomes (417)Better than 17%

High confidence. Built on 4,400 tested students and a graduating class of 787; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where San Benito kids go to school

Grades PK–5

8 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list San Benito Consolidated Independent School District

Grades 6–8

DBerta Cabaza Middle or DMiller Jordan Middle or Collegiate Academy Depends on your address San Benito Consolidated Independent School District

Grades 9–12

DSan Benito H S 2,057 students · San Benito San Benito Consolidated Independent School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades PK–12, San Benito Consolidated Independent)14%

State average 36.5%

Graduation · class of 2019

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate

92%

TX: 90.2%

Graduating class

787

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #339 of 584 TX towns →

Districts

The district serving San Benito

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San Benito Consolidated Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 23 schools · 9,073 students

$13,967 per studentTX $12,815C-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near San Benito

There’s no college in San Benito, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen in Harlingen, 5.5 miles away.

Southern Careers Institute-HarlingenCareer school · For-profit · Harlingen5.5 mi437 students

Southern Careers Institute-BrownsvilleCareer school · For-profit · Brownsville16 mi637 students

Texas Southmost CollegeCommunity college · Public · Brownsville18.5 mi7,111 students

Straight-line distance from the center of San Benito. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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