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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Benavides Elementary, San Ygnacio, TX

CEP schoolBenavides Elementary is a public elementary school in San Ygnacio, part of Zapata County ISD. It enrolled 51 students in 2024-25, with 8.5 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BENAVIDES EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
51
Teachers (FTE)
6.0
Students per teacher
8.5
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 5.2 lower than the district figure of 13.7. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school8.5
District13.7
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
307 Lincoln St, San Ygnacio, TX 78067
Phone
(956)765-5611
District
Zapata County ISD
County
Zapata County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
484671005349
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
44
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
4486.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Zapata County ISD

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.