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Benavides ISD
Duval County · Region 02: Corpus Christi · 352 students
Benavides ISD is rated D by TEA, scoring 69 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.3 average of the 60 districts serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and below the statewide average of 81.7. It is down 3 points since 2021-22 — both years scored under TEA's current rules, since TEA rewrote them in 2023; under the rules in force back then it scored 76.
Ranks 951st of 1,019 Texas districts (tied with 25 others), and 36th of 42 in Region 02: Corpus Christi (tied with 3 others).
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5 years of ratings
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated C with 76 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | D | 69 | 77.3 | 81.7 |
| 2024-25 | B | 82 | 73.9 | 80.3 |
| 2023-24 | C | 72 | 72.1 | 78.7 |
| 2022-23 | D | 63 | 72.3 | 79.2 |
| 2021-22 | C | 72 | 76.3 | 80.6 |
How this district's change over time is ranked
TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Benavides ISD itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this district's own row.
Texas districts
Region 02: Corpus Christi
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.
- Benavides ISD
- Similar student population (60)
- Region 02: Corpus Christi (42)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 69 | D | 1 |
| School Progress | 74 | C | 6 |
| Closing the Gaps | 68 | D | 2 |
| Academic Growth | 59 | F | 1 |
| Relative Performance | 74 | C | 6 |
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 2 points below C 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%. For this district that better measure is School Progress (74), so Student Achievement (69) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 74.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (60)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (60 districts) — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Graduation
- Four-Year
- 0.0%−92.7 pts vs similar
- Five-Year
- 100.0%+5.9 pts vs similar
- Six-Year
- 100.0%+5.2 pts vs similar
- Dropout Rate
- 0.0%−1.1 pts vs similar
Who this district serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 352
- Economically disadvantaged
- 96.9%+5.4 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 0.6%−29.7 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 8.8%−8.5 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 91.6%−1.3 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 27.0%+3.5 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- African American 0.3%
- Hispanic 98.9%
- White 0.9%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Benavides ISD
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
Spends $8,287 more per student than its peer group, and $20,412 more than the state average.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $66,259+$1,035 vs similar
- Teachers
- 21
- Students per staff member
- 16.9
Teaching experience
- Beginning 4.8%
- 1 to 5 years 19.1%
- 11 to 20 years 9.1%
- 21 to 30 years 50.2%
- Over 30 years 16.7%
Where this district ranks best
Out of 87 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
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2of 60
Per-student spending
Similar student population · of the 60 that report this measure
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4of 60
Social Studies — Approaches
Similar student population · of the 60 that report this measure · tied with 1
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5of 60
Reading — Meets
Similar student population · of the 60 that report this measure · tied with 2
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5of 42
Per-student spending
Region 02: Corpus Christi · of the 42 that report this measure
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8of 39
Social Studies — Approaches
Region 02: Corpus Christi · of the 39 that report this measure · tied with 2
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1of 981
Dropout Rate (lowest is best)
Texas average (standard accountability only) · of the 981 that report this measure · tied with 506 · full ranking
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1of 972
Five-Year Graduation Rate
Texas average (standard accountability only) · of the 972 that report this measure · tied with 377
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1of 972
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Texas average (standard accountability only) · of the 972 that report this measure · tied with 359
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1of 59
Five-Year Graduation Rate
Similar student population (standard accountability only) · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 10
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1of 59
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Similar student population (standard accountability only) · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 10
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1of 59
Dropout Rate (lowest is best)
Similar student population (standard accountability only) · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 13
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1of 37
Five-Year Graduation Rate
Region 02: Corpus Christi (standard accountability only) · of the 37 that report this measure · tied with 5
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this district ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no district would put in a press release.
1 schools in this district
| School | Type | Rating | Score | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benavides Collegiate | K-12 | D | 69 | 352 |
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.