Rosendo Benavides Elementary

Summary:

Rosendo Benavides Elementary is a public elementary school in Sullivan City, Texas, serving 285 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the La Joya Independent School District, which is ranked 451 out of 968 districts in the state.

Rosendo Benavides Elementary faces significant challenges, with an overwhelmingly Hispanic student population (99.3%) and consistently low academic performance, ranking in the bottom quartile of Texas elementary schools. The school struggles to support its student subgroups, including female students, male students, English Language Learners, and students from low-income families, who make up over 96% of the student body. Despite spending significantly more per student ($14,098) than nearby schools in the district, such as Tabasco Elementary and Sam Fordyce Elementary, Rosendo Benavides Elementary has not been able to translate this investment into better academic outcomes.

The school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.6 suggests that there may be opportunities to implement targeted interventions and best practices to support student learning and improve academic outcomes. By identifying and implementing effective strategies from higher-performing schools in the district, as well as exploring alternative approaches to resource allocation, Rosendo Benavides Elementary may be able to provide a better educational experience for its students.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1882 El Pinto Rd
       Sullivan City, TX  78595


(956) 323-2360

District: La Joya Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
3724th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,098 Help


Students who attend Rosendo Benavides Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Lorenzo De Zavala Middle
High:    Jimmy Carter Early College High School
    La Joya High School
    Thelma Rosa Salinas Stem Early College High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.6 Help
Number of students:  285

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
99.3%
American Indian:
0.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  96.5% Help


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Compare Details Rosendo Benavides Elementary ranks worse than 79.7% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 21st among 22 ranked elementary schools in the La Joya Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.42. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Rosendo Benavides Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the La Joya Independent School District (Isd). Racial makeup is: Hispanic (99.3%), American Indian (0.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 96.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Rosendo Benavides Elementary is 11.6, which is the lowest among 23 elementary schools in the La Joya Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Rosendo Benavides Elementary is $14,098, which is the highest among 23 elementary schools in the La Joya Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger Rankings:

Rosendo Benavides Elementary was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.

La Joya Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks La Joya Independent School District (Isd) 451st of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Rosendo Benavides Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Rosendo Benavides Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 39.15 2509th 3465 27.6%
2005 24.40 3046th 3475 12.3%
2006 26.55 2967th 3476 14.6%
2007 48.52 2277th 3724 38.9%
2008 40.58 2636th 3768 30.0%
2009 41.16 2681st 3884 31.0%
2010 37.25 2964th 3937 24.7%
2011 39.98 2949th 4095 28.0%
2012 26.97 3571st 4206 15.1%
2013 32.92 3260th 4221 22.8%
2014 31.40 3334th 4260 21.7%
2015 40.61 2816th 4320 34.8%
2016 31.14 3234th 4286 24.5%
2017 17.25 3916th 4329 9.5%
2018 27.28 3361st 4359 22.9%
2019 30.15 3328th 4479 25.7%
2021 13.13 4336th 4578 5.3%
2022 28.89 3432nd 4581 25.1%
2023 21.32 3920th 4647 15.6%
2024 25.42 3724th 4675 20.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Rosendo Benavides Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.75 1988th 3226 38.4%
2019 41.48 2031st 3333 39.1%
2021 16.90 3320th 3446 3.7%
2022 21.88 3108th 3487 10.9%
2023 22.55 3134th 3556 11.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Rosendo Benavides Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 21.85 3424th 3799 9.9%
2022 48.50 1665th 3952 57.9%
2023 44.98 1953rd 4086 52.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Rosendo Benavides Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.92 2913th 4264 31.7%
2019 40.68 2730th 4309 36.6%
2021 18.51 4107th 4451 7.7%
2022 33.31 3291st 4477 26.5%
2023 30.02 3522nd 4521 22.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Rosendo Benavides Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.07 3774th 4306 12.4%
2019 32.43 3176th 4348 27.0%
2021 17.61 4044th 4499 10.1%
2022 32.11 3290th 4561 27.9%
2023 17.12 4178th 4588 8.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Rosendo Benavides Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 48.85 2071st 3184 35.0%
2023 63.40 1269th 2980 57.4%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Rosendo Benavides Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.88 1873rd 4240 55.8%
2019 50.34 1949th 4295 54.6%
2021 20.01 4044th 4331 6.6%
2022 45.25 2433rd 4461 45.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Rosendo Benavides Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.34 2961st 4319 31.4%
2019 30.21 3303rd 4357 24.2%
2021 12.13 4345th 4498 3.4%
2022 27.88 3520th 4563 22.9%
2023 25.60 3696th 4585 19.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Rosendo Benavides Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.92 3139th 4168 24.7%
2019 35.61 2919th 4188 30.3%
2021 15.91 4105th 4329 5.2%
2022 33.46 3190th 4376 27.1%
2023 26.26 3592nd 4401 18.4%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Rosendo Benavides Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 6 2 0 736 0 n/a n/a 0 744
1990 7 2 1 784 0 n/a n/a 0 794
1991 7 0 0 834 0 n/a n/a -72 769
1992 6 0 0 727 0 n/a n/a 0 733
1993 7 0 0 759 0 n/a n/a 0 766
1994 6 0 0 803 0 n/a n/a 0 809
1995 3 0 0 836 0 n/a n/a 0 839
1996 3 0 0 836 0 n/a n/a 0 839
1997 5 0 1 803 0 n/a n/a 0 809
1998 2 0 1 779 0 n/a n/a 0 782
1999 4 0 1 838 0 n/a n/a 0 843
2000 1 0 1 817 0 n/a n/a 0 819
2001 1 0 0 845 0 n/a n/a 0 846
2002 0 0 0 501 0 n/a n/a 0 501
2003 0 0 0 501 0 n/a n/a 0 501
2004 0 0 0 491 0 n/a n/a 0 491
2005 0 0 0 433 0 n/a n/a 0 433
2006 0 0 0 416 0 n/a n/a 0 416
2007 0 0 0 447 0 n/a n/a 0 447
2008 0 0 0 460 0 n/a n/a 0 460
2009 0 0 0 457 0 n/a n/a 0 457
2010 0 0 0 463 0 n/a n/a 0 463
2011 0 0 0 500 0 0 0 0 500
2012 0 0 0 485 1 0 0 0 486
2013 0 0 0 502 0 0 0 0 502
2014 0 0 0 468 0 0 0 0 468
2015 0 0 0 465 0 0 0 0 465
2016 0 0 0 450 2 0 0 0 452
2017 0 0 0 426 0 0 0 0 426
2018 0 0 0 399 1 0 0 0 400
2019 2 0 0 388 0 0 0 0 390
2020 0 0 0 368 0 0 0 0 368
2021 0 0 0 372 0 0 0 0 372
2022 0 0 0 280 0 0 0 0 280
2023 0 0 0 283 2 0 0 0 285

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Rosendo Benavides Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 744 n/a n/a n/a
1990 794 45.0 17.6 n/a
1991 769 45.0 17.0 n/a
1992 733 42.0 17.4 88.9
1993 766 45.0 17.0 85.6
1994 809 51.0 15.9 94.9
1995 839 51.1 16.4 87.6
1996 839 51.1 16.4 87.6
1997 809 49.0 16.5 94.2
1998 782 45.1 17.3 80.8
1999 843 46.0 18.3 72.2
2000 819 47.4 17.3 87.9
2001 846 50.0 16.9 91
2002 501 33.4 15.0 60.9
2003 501 33.4 15.0 60.9
2004 491 33.0 14.9 46.6
2005 433 28.7 15.1 37.4
2006 416 28.4 14.6 24.3
2007 447 29.1 15.4 11.9
2008 460 29.3 15.7 2.6
2009 457 29.8 15.3 0.7
2010 463 29.5 15.6 0.6
2011 500 33.0 15.1 0.6
2012 486 31.1 15.6 0
2013 502 32.9 15.2 95.8
2014 468 31.8 14.6 95.5
2015 465 31.0 15.0 95.3
2016 452 32.0 14.1 94.9
2017 426 33.2 12.8 94.1
2018 400 29.0 13.7 93.8
2019 390 28.2 13.8 94.1
2020 368 29.3 12.5 92.7
2021 372 29.2 12.7 94.4
2022 280 24.6 11.3 93.6
2023 285 24.5 11.6 96.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Rosendo Benavides Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 744 n/a n/a n/a
1990 794 45.0 17.6 n/a
1991 769 45.0 17.0 n/a
1992 733 42.0 17.4 88.9
1993 766 45.0 17.0 85.6
1994 809 51.0 15.9 94.9
1995 839 51.1 16.4 87.6
1996 839 51.1 16.4 87.6
1997 809 49.0 16.5 94.2
1998 782 45.1 17.3 80.8
1999 843 46.0 18.3 72.2
2000 819 47.4 17.3 87.9
2001 846 50.0 16.9 91
2002 501 33.4 15.0 60.9
2003 501 33.4 15.0 60.9
2004 491 33.0 14.9 46.6
2005 433 28.7 15.1 37.4
2006 416 28.4 14.6 24.3
2007 447 29.1 15.4 11.9
2008 460 29.3 15.7 2.6
2009 457 29.8 15.3 0.7
2010 463 29.5 15.6 0.6
2011 500 33.0 15.1 0.6
2012 486 31.1 15.6 0
2013 502 32.9 15.2 95.8
2014 468 31.8 14.6 95.5
2015 465 31.0 15.0 95.3
2016 452 32.0 14.1 94.9
2017 426 33.2 12.8 94.1
2018 400 29.0 13.7 93.8
2019 390 28.2 13.8 94.1
2020 368 29.3 12.5 92.7
2021 372 29.2 12.7 94.4
2022 280 24.6 11.3 93.6
2023 285 24.5 11.6 96.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Rosendo Benavides Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,627 (13.3%) $10,573 (86.7%) $12,200
2020 $1,921 (15.4%) $10,548 (84.6%) $12,469
2021 $1,628 (11.5%) $12,470 (88.5%) $14,098

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Rosendo Benavides Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 3328th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 3920th of 4647 Elementary schools
 10.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Rosendo Benavides Elementary)4438
 6%
   3rd Grade Reading (La Joya Independent School District (Isd))4654
 8%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Rosendo Benavides Elementary)4123
 18%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (La Joya Independent School District (Isd))5043
 7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (Rosendo Benavides Elementary)3724
 13%
   3rd Grade Reading (La Joya Independent School District (Isd))4736
 11%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
4th Grade Reading (Rosendo Benavides Elementary)2736
 9%
   4th Grade Reading (La Joya Independent School District (Isd))5149
 2%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Rosendo Benavides Elementary)1832
 14%
   4th Grade Mathematics (La Joya Independent School District (Isd))4647
 1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
4th Grade Reading (Rosendo Benavides Elementary)646
 40%
   4th Grade Reading (La Joya Independent School District (Isd))3645
 9%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)2931
 2%
5th Grade Reading (Rosendo Benavides Elementary)3130
 1%
   5th Grade Reading (La Joya Independent School District (Isd))4960
 11%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Rosendo Benavides Elementary)4527
 18%
   5th Grade Mathematics (La Joya Independent School District (Isd))5650
 6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Rosendo Benavides Elementary)4624
 22%
   5th Grade Science (La Joya Independent School District (Isd))4832
 16%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%
5th Grade Reading (Rosendo Benavides Elementary)5712
 45%
   5th Grade Reading (La Joya Independent School District (Isd))5730
 27%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5333
 20%
5th Grade Science (Rosendo Benavides Elementary)525
 47%
   5th Grade Science (La Joya Independent School District (Isd))267
 19%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)189
 9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students390285
 26.9%
African American00
American Indian02
Asian00
Hispanic388283
 27.1%
Pacific Islander00
White20
 100%
Two or More Races00
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients94.1%96.5%
 2.4%


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Students at Rosendo Benavides Elementary are 99% Hispanic.

Rosendo Benavides Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.3% of Texas elementary schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 285 students attended Rosendo Benavides Elementary.


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