Summary:
The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District serves approximately 7,000 students across 22 campuses, including 11 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 3 high schools, and 4 alternative schools, in a community with high economic disadvantage where most schools report free/reduced lunch rates above 70%.
The district's standout school is Collegiate Academy, a magnet middle school with a 5-star rating and 93rd percentile statewide rank, where 94% of 6th graders were proficient in Reading compared to the district average of 49%. In contrast, Roberts Elementary is the lowest-performing traditional school with a 0-star rating and only 24% of 3rd graders proficient in Reading. La Encantada Elementary is a notable exception to the poverty-performance trend, achieving a 4-star rating and 82nd percentile rank despite 93% economic disadvantage, with 72% of 5th graders proficient in Math versus the district's 50%. The district's main high school, San Benito High School, underperforms its feeder elementary schools, with only 33% proficient in Algebra I compared to the state's 54%, suggesting a drop-off in academic performance during the transition to high school.
Key metrics include a district ranking in the 44th percentile statewide, an average student-teacher ratio of 14:1, and a graduation rate of 90.6% at San Benito High School. Alternative schools serve diverse populations, with San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy showing an anomaly of 91% English II Reading proficiency versus the district's 34%, while Amador R Rodriguez Juvenile Boot Camp spends $65,522 per student due to intensive resources. The data also reveals a likely error in San Benito High School's 2024-2025 test scores, where Algebra I proficiency dropped from 33% to 6%, which should be disregarded as a data entry mistake.
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