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Hester Juvenile Detent

Cameron County · Region 01: Edinburg · 30 students

Not Rated

At a glance

TEA did not issue an overall rating for Hester Juvenile Detent for 2025-26. Everything TEA did publish for this school is below.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

0% −15.5 pts vs 15.5%

  • 0% is 15.5 percentage points lower than the 15.5% average among 1,837 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Attendance above the similar-context average

100% +5.7 pts vs 94.3%

  • 100% is 5.7 percentage points above the 94.3% average among 1,837 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.

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TEA did not issue an overall rating for Hester Juvenile Detent for 2025-26. Everything TEA did publish for this school is below.

TEA did not issue an overall rating for this school. Scores below are the figures TEA published; the letter grades are the state's where it issued them.

Put the numbers in context

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

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas average 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years.

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
2025-26Not Rated—81.0 1,895 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25Not Rated—81.0 1,868 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24Not Rated—79.0 1,843 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23Not Rated—79.6 1,812 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22Not Rated—82.7 1,787 reporting83.7 7,283 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 Achievement—Not reported · similar economic context 80 · 1,823 reporting
  • School Progress—Not reported · similar economic context 81.3 · 1,815 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps—Not reported · similar economic context 78.2 · 1,799 reporting
  • Academic Growth—Not reported · similar economic context 74.7 · 1,764 reporting
  • Relative Performance—Not reported · similar economic context 79.4 · 1,815 reporting
  • Hester Juvenile Detent
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,895 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement—Not rated—
School Progress—Not rated—
Closing the Gaps—Not rated—
Academic Growth—Not rated—
Relative Performance—Not rated—

The scores above are the ones TEA published. TEA did not issue letter grades for this school, so none are shown: the A–F thresholds marked on the chart are the state's, but applying them here would produce a grade the state chose to withhold.

Who this school serves

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

Students
30
Economically disadvantaged
56.7%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
46.7%+32.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
33.3%+14.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
100.0%+5.7 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
0.0%−15.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Hester Juvenile Detent

Hispanic: 90%White: 10%
  • Hispanic 90%
  • White 10%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 reporting for every category shown · 1,895 in full cohort

African American: 10%Hispanic: 45.7%White: 37.4%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.5%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4%
  • African American 10%
  • Hispanic 45.7%
  • White 37.4%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
30
Economically disadvantaged students
17
Emergent bilingual students
14
Special education students
10

TEA context labels

  • Alternative education type: residential facility
  • Rated under AEA procedures
  • Residential treatment facility under AEA or AskTED

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
377
Students in TEA mobility denominator
377
TEA-published mobility rate
100%

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 30 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 10 (25.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
30

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−10

Decrease · −25.0%

Change since 2021–22
−4

Decrease · −11.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
30
Selected comparison
629.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,857 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Hester Juvenile Detent
School yearStudents enrolledHester Juvenile DetentChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 34 First available year 634.8
2022–23 24 Decrease of 10 (29.4%) 641.1
2023–24 34 Increase of 10 (41.7%) 639.3
2024–25 40 Increase of 6 (17.6%) 635.7
2025–26 30 Decrease of 10 (25.0%) 629.7

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
Not reported

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Not reported

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
318

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Hester Juvenile Detent
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 153 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 321 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 233 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 286 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 318 Not reported — Not reported — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Hester Juvenile Detent in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Not reported — Not reported — — —
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

$6k$17k$28k20182020202220242025
  • Hester Juvenile Detent
  • Parent district: San Benito CISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,633
Selected comparison
$12,379

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,865 rated schools reporting

−$2,746 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,633 per student for this campus, $15,860 per student for its parent district, San Benito CISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

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

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearHester Juvenile DetentParent district: San Benito CISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,580$12,500$13,054$7,953 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,720 rated schools reporting
2019$10,007$12,928$13,108$8,113 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,738 rated schools reporting
2020$11,109$13,873$14,058$8,706 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,757 rated schools reporting
2021$26,201$13,746$14,797$9,085 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,771 rated schools reporting
2022$12,692$16,436$15,708$10,491 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,789 rated schools reporting
2023$19,464$15,972$16,792$10,997 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,812 rated schools reporting
2024$14,325$16,026$18,125$11,846 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,840 rated schools reporting
2025$9,633$15,860$18,972$12,379 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,865 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
$70,899+$4,366 vs similar economic context
Teachers
5−36.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
5.5−13.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Hester Juvenile Detent

1 to 5 years: 18.5%11 to 20 years: 25.9%21 to 30 years: 18.5%Over 30 years: 37%
  • 1 to 5 years 18.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 25.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 18.5%
  • Over 30 years 37%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 reporting for every category shown · 1,895 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.8%1 to 5 years: 25%6 to 10 years: 19.3%11 to 20 years: 28.7%21 to 30 years: 16.4%Over 30 years: 4.3%
  • Beginning 5.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 25%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.4%
  • Over 30 years 4.3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Hester Juvenile Detent in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classHester Juvenile Detent · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English7.114.8
Secondary math5.715.6
Secondary science5.717.1
Secondary social studies6.717.1

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 4 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 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 031912201.