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South Texas ISD Rising Scholars Academy, San Benito, TX

South Texas ISD Rising Scholars Academy is a public middle school in San Benito, part of South Texas ISD. It enrolled 781 students in 2024-25, with 15.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
781
Teachers (FTE)
49.0
Students per teacher
15.9
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.8 higher than the district figure of 14.1. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.9
District14.1
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
151 S Helen Moore Rd, San Benito, TX 78586
Phone
(956)399-4358
District
South Texas ISD
County
Hidalgo County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
483715013137
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
442
Reduced-price lunch
3
Free or reduced-price lunch
44557.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 middle schools in South Texas ISD

Middle 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.