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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

LA Paloma Elementary, San Benito, TX

CEP schoolLA Paloma Elementary is a public elementary school in San Benito, part of San Benito CISD. It enrolled 474 students in 2024-25, with 16.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "LA PALOMA EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
474
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Students per teacher
16.9
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.6 higher than the district figure of 14.3. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.9
District14.3
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
35076 Padilla St, San Benito, TX 78586
Phone
(956)361-6780
District
San Benito CISD
County
Cameron County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
483879005919
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
405
Reduced-price lunch
13
Free or reduced-price lunch
41888.2% 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 San Benito CISD

Elementary schools elsewhere in San Benito

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.