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Benavides, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 71/100 ranks Benavides Isd #169 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $30,300 per pupil, Benavides Isd ranks #9 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$30,300
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Benavides Isd operates 3 public schools serving 353 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Duval County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $30,300 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 43.4% local, 9.0% state, and 47.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 71/100, ranked #169 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 61:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 66.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% White across the district's schools.
El Paso Early Learning Language Academy accounts for 47.9% of all Benavides Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Benavides Isd a distant remainder — means Benavides Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Benavides Isd school enrollment varies 2.8× across entities
Benavides Isd school enrollment ranges from 61 students (lowest) to 169 students (highest), a spread of 108 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Benavides Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.2% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Benavides Isd student-counselor ratio is 61:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Benavides Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 66.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.