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Barbara Bennett Elem

Brazoria County · Region 04: Houston · 485 students

Current score
81/1002025-26
Change
−6 ptssince 2024-25
Score vs similar economic context
−0.8 ptsvs 81.8 average · 1,728 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
943 of 1,728tied with 70 others
B81

At a glance

The available rating history is moving down. The current score is below the 81.8 average for 1,728 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
56%vs 52.6% avg · +3.4 pts
Masters
29%vs 22.7% avg · +6.3 pts

Among 1,666 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
55%vs 46.3% avg · +8.7 pts
Masters
29%vs 18.7% avg · +10.3 pts

Among 1,658 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Barbara Bennett Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.8 average for 1,728 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 6 points since 2024-25.

Ranks 943rd of 1,728 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 70 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 2 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

2 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageBarbara Bennett Elem 8781 2024-252025-26

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8181.8 1,728 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8782.0 1,704 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement82 B+0.7 vs similar economic context · 1,666 reporting
  • School Progress82 B+0.6 vs similar economic context · 1,660 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps77 C−2.1 vs similar economic context · 1,645 reporting
  • Academic Growth79 C+3.5 vs similar economic context · 1,623 reporting
  • Relative Performance82 B+2.8 vs similar economic context · 1,660 reporting
  • Barbara Bennett Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,728 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement82B8
School Progress82B8
Closing the Gaps77C3
Academic Growth79C1
Relative Performance82B8

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 3 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level78%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,666 reporting
  • Meets grade level56%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,666 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,666 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,664 reporting
  • Meets grade level61%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,664 reporting
  • Masters grade level32%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,664 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level79%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,658 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,658 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,658 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,538 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,538 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,538 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,728 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
485
Economically disadvantaged
51.3%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
16.0%+2.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
24.2%+5.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.5%+1.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
10.4%−4.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Barbara Bennett Elem

African American: 26%Hispanic: 40.6%White: 16.9%American Indian: 0.6%Asian: 10.8%Two or More Races: 5%
  • African American 26%
  • Hispanic 40.6%
  • White 16.9%
  • American Indian 0.6%
  • Asian 10.8%
  • Two or More Races 5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,728 reporting for every category shown · 1,728 in full cohort

African American: 9.6%Hispanic: 41.8%White: 41%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.2%
  • African American 9.6%
  • Hispanic 41.8%
  • White 41%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
480
Economically disadvantaged students
246
Emergent bilingual students
77
Special education students
116

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
71
Students in TEA mobility denominator
306
TEA-published mobility rate
23.2%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 485 students in 2025–26, an increase of 152 (45.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
485

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+152

Increase · +45.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
485
Selected comparison
649.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,688 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Barbara Bennett Elem
School yearStudents enrolledBarbara Bennett ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2024–25 333 First available year 653.8
2025–26 485 Increase of 152 (45.6%) 649.6

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
385

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Barbara Bennett Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2024–25 385 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Barbara Bennett Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$10k$15k$20k2025
  • Barbara Bennett Elem
  • Parent district: Alvin ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$13,640
Selected comparison
$12,095

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,702 rated schools reporting

+$1,545 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $13,640 per student for this campus, $15,428 per student for its parent district, Alvin ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

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Spending per student by year
YearBarbara Bennett ElemParent district: Alvin ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2025$13,640$15,428$18,972$12,095 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,702 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$71,730+$4,890 vs similar economic context
Teachers
39−4.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.4−7.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Barbara Bennett Elem

Beginning: 5.2%1 to 5 years: 41.5%6 to 10 years: 20.7%11 to 20 years: 14.5%21 to 30 years: 18.4%
  • Beginning 5.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 41.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 18.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,728 reporting for every category shown · 1,728 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.7%1 to 5 years: 24.5%6 to 10 years: 19.3%11 to 20 years: 29.3%21 to 30 years: 16.7%Over 30 years: 4.3%
  • Beginning 5.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.7%
  • Over 30 years 4.3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Barbara Bennett Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBarbara Bennett Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten1718
Grade 114.518.3
Grade 218.518.5
Grade 314.819
Grade 413.119.1
Grade 516.419.9
Grade 61617.7

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 7 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 10of 94

    Per-student spending

    Brazoria County · of the 94 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 020901122.