San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School in San Benito, TX
(09 • Public • Regular School)
City-data.com school rating (using weighted test average as compared to other schools in Texas) from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) is 42
- Address
- 2115 N WILLIAMS RD
San Benito, TX 78586
- Telephone
- (956) 361-6820
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- City-data.com school rating
- 42
- Students
- 869
- Classroom Teachers (FTE)
- 51.3
- Free lunch eligible students
- 694
- School district
- SAN BENITO CISD
- Charter school
- No
- Title I status
- Title I schoolwide school
- Magnet School Indicator
- No
- Shared Time Indicator
- Missing
- Adult education offered
- No
Ratings
This school rating compared to other nearby schools ratings:
| RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY OF SOUTH TEXAS (1.7 miles): | 96 |
| IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO (1.2 miles): | 82 |
| IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN BENITO (1.2 miles): | 69 |
| San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School: | 42 |
| BERTA CABAZA MIDDLE (1.8 miles): | 37 |
| ROBERTS EL (1.8 miles): | 28 |
| SAN BENITO H S (2.0 miles): | 17 |
| MIDVALLEY ACADEMY-SAN BENITO CHARTER H S (1.3 miles): | 16 |
| RGV YOUTH RECOVERY HOME (1.5 miles): | 5 |
San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School rating compared to average state, county and city schools ratings:
| Texas: | 54 |
| Cameron County: | 56 |
| San Benito: | 50 |
| This School: | 42 |
Students & Teachers
Total enrollment:
Enrollment in 2016: 869
Enrollment in 2015: 847
Enrollment in 2014: 762
Enrollment in 2013: 751
Enrollment in 2012: 790
Enrollment in 2011: 770
Enrollment in 2010: 763
Enrollment in 2009: 774
Enrollment in 2008: 893
Enrollment in 2007: 932
Enrollment in 2006: 902
Enrollment in 2005: 830
Enrollment in 2004: 850
Enrollment in 2003: 671
Enrollment in 2002: 596
Enrollment in 2001: 548
Enrollment in 2015: 847
Enrollment in 2014: 762
Enrollment in 2013: 751
Enrollment in 2012: 790
Enrollment in 2011: 770
Enrollment in 2010: 763
Enrollment in 2009: 774
Enrollment in 2008: 893
Enrollment in 2007: 932
Enrollment in 2006: 902
Enrollment in 2005: 830
Enrollment in 2004: 850
Enrollment in 2003: 671
Enrollment in 2002: 596
Enrollment in 2001: 548
Enrollment by grade, gender and race:
(Note: Details may not add to totals. School year: 2015-2016)
| Grade | G09 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| All students | 869 | 869 |
| Female students | 423 | 423 |
| Male students | 446 | 446 |
| Hispanic students | 857 | 857 |
| Black students | 1 | 1 |
| White students | 9 | 9 |
| Two or More Races students | 2 | 2 |
Enrollment by grade:
9th grade enrollment: 869
San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School - Historical enrollment by grade
Enrollment by gender:
(State average from 9,864 schools)
Female enrollment: 423 (48.7%)
| Here: | 48.7% |
| State: | 49.0% |
Male enrollment: 446 (51.3%)
| San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School: | 51.3% |
| Texas: | 50.1% |
San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School - Historical enrollment by gender
Enrollment by race/ethnicity:
(State average from 9,864 schools)
Hispanic enrollment: 857 (98.6%)
| Here: | 98.6% |
| State: | 46.9% |
Black enrollment: 1 (0.1%)
| Here: | 0.1% |
| Texas: | 11.6% |
White enrollment: 9 (1.0%)
| San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School: | 1.0% |
| Texas: | 32.3% |
Two or More Races enrollment: 2 (0.2%)
| School: | 0.2% |
| State: | 2.1% |
San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School - Historical enrollment by race/ethnicity
Lunch Program Eligibility:
(State average from 8,545 schools)
Free/reduced-price lunch eligible students: 694 (79.9%)
| Here: | 79.9% |
| Texas: | 61.6% |
Free lunch eligible students: 694 (79.9%)
| Here: | 79.9% |
| State: | 55.4% |
Reduced-price lunch eligible students: 0 (0.0%)
| San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School: | 0.0% |
| Texas: | 6.2% |
San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School - Lunch Program Eligibility
Teachers and support:
(State average from 9,601 schools)
Classroom Teachers (FTE): 51.3
Number of FTE teachers in their first year of teaching: 5
Number of FTE teachers in their second year of teaching: 7.3
Number of FTE school counselors: 2
Number of FTE security guards: 7
Number of FTE nurses: 0.4
Student/Teacher Ratio
Number of FTE teachers in their first year of teaching: 5
Number of FTE teachers in their second year of teaching: 7.3
Number of FTE school counselors: 2
Number of FTE security guards: 7
Number of FTE nurses: 0.4
Student/Teacher Ratio
| School: | 16.9 |
| State: | 15.6 |
San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School - Teachers (FTE) and pupil/teacher ratio
School Expenditures:
Salary Expenditures for Total Personnel Funded with State and Local Funds: $2,737,680
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Teachers: 51.3 (Salary Expenditures: $2,160,616)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Instructional Aides: 2 (Salary Expenditures: $34,169)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Support Services Staff: 6.2 (Salary Expenditures: $326,014)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of School Administration Staff: 3 (Salary Expenditures: $213,339)
Salary Expenditures for Total Personnel Funded with Federal, State, and Local Funds,: $3,439,748
- Salary Expenditures for Teachers: $2,562,276
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Instructional Aides: 13.7 (Salary Expenditures: $261,325)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of Support Services Staff: 6.3 (Salary Expenditures: $399,266)
- Full-time Equivalency Count of School Administration Staff: 3 (Salary Expenditures: $213,339)
Limited English Proficiency:
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Students Enrolled in LEP Programs: 112 (male: 62, female: 50)
- Hispanic: 112 (male: 62, female: 50)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 10 (male: 5, female: 5)
Students with disabilities:
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Students with Disabilities (IDEA): Students with intellectual disabilities; hearing impairment, including deafness; speech or language impairment; visual impairment, including blindness; serious emotional disturbance; orthopedic impairment; autism; traumatic brain injury; developmental delay; other health impairment; specific learning disability; deaf-blindness; or multiple disabilities and who, by reason thereof, receive special education and related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) according to an Individualized Education Program, Individual Family Service Plan, or service plan. The "Students with Disabilities (IDEA)" column in the survey items always refers to students with disabilities who receive special education and related services under IDEA.
Students with Disabilities (Section 504 only): Students with a disability, who receive related aids and services solely under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and not under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The "Section 504 only" column in the survey items always refers to students with disabilities who receive related aids and services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and not under IDEA.
Students with Disabilities (Section 504 only): Students with a disability, who receive related aids and services solely under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and not under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The "Section 504 only" column in the survey items always refers to students with disabilities who receive related aids and services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and not under IDEA.
Students with disabilities served under IDEA: 71 (male: 49, female: 22)
Students with disabilities served under Section 504: 16 (male: 11, female: 5)
- Hispanic: 71 (male: 49, female: 22)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 17 (male: 7, female: 10)
Students with disabilities served under Section 504: 16 (male: 11, female: 5)
- Hispanic: 16 (male: 11, female: 5)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 2 (all female)
Retention:
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(State average from 1,124 schools)
A student is retained if he or she is not promoted to the next grade prior to the beginning of the following school year. Students are not considered retained if they can proceed to the next grade because they successfully completed a summer school program or for a similar reason. At the high school level, a student who has not accumulated enough credits to be classified as being in the next grade is considered retained
Total number of students retained in 9th grade: 28 (male: 20, female: 8)
Percent of 9th grade students retained
- Hispanic: 28 (male: 20, female: 8)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 7 (male: 5, female: 2)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
Percent of 9th grade students retained
| San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School: | 3.2% |
| State: | 18.3% |
Gifted and Talented:
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(State average from 7,254 schools)
This school has students enrolled in one or more gifted/talented programs
Gifted/talented programs are programs during regular school hours that provide special educational opportunities including accelerated promotion through grades and classes and an enriched curriculum for students who are endowed with a high degree of mental ability or who demonstrate unusual physical coordination, creativity, interest, or talent.
Gifted/talented programs are programs during regular school hours that provide special educational opportunities including accelerated promotion through grades and classes and an enriched curriculum for students who are endowed with a high degree of mental ability or who demonstrate unusual physical coordination, creativity, interest, or talent.
Gifted and Talented Student Enrollment: 31 (male: 14, female: 17)
Gifted and Talented Student Enrollment per 1,000 students
- Hispanic: 31 (male: 14, female: 17)
Gifted and Talented Student Enrollment per 1,000 students
| San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy School: | 35.7 |
| Texas: | 79.4 |
Health & Safety
Chronic Student Absenteeismt:
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(State average from 7,777 schools)
A chronically absent student is a student who is absent 15 or more school days during the school year. A student is absent if he or she is not physically on school grounds and is not participating in instruction or instruction - related activities at an approved off-grounds location for at least half the school day. Each day that a student is absent for 50 percent or more of the school day should be counted. Any day that a student is absent for less than 50 percent of the school day should not be counted. The number of absences is based on the total number of school days absent. Chronically absent students include students who are absent for any reason(e.g., illness, suspension, the need to care for a family member), regardless of whether absences are excused or unexcused.
- Hispanic163
- Black2
- LEP34
- IDEA25
- 5044
Chronic Student Absenteeism
- Hispanic: 163 (male: 77, female: 86)
- Black: 2 (all female)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 34 (male: 14, female: 20)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 25 (male: 17, female: 8)
- Section 504: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
Chronic Student Absenteeism per 1,000 students
| School: | 189.9 |
| State: | 147.9 |
Suspensions:
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(State average from 3,231 schools)
Out-of-school suspension
- For students with disabilities served under IDEA : Out-of-school suspension is an instance in which a child is temporarily removed from his/her regular school for at least half a day for disciplinary purposes to another setting (e.g., home, behavior center).Out-of-school suspensions include both removals in which no individualized family service plan(IFSP) or individualized education plan(IEP) services are provided because the removal is 10 days or less as well as removals in which the child continues to receive services according to his/her IFSP or IEP.
- For students without disabilities and students with disabilities served solely under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act : Out-of-school suspension is an instance in which a child is temporarily removed from his / her regular school for at least half a day(but less than the remainder of the school year) for disciplinary purposes to another setting(e.g., home, behavior center).Out-of-school suspensions include removals in which no educational services are provided, and removals in which educational services are provided(e.g., school-provided at home instruction or tutoring).
School days missed due to out-of-school suspension: 290 (male: 194, female: 96)
Instances of out-of-school suspension (Students without disabilities): 94
Instances of out-of-school suspension per 1,000 students (Students without disabilities)
Students without disabilities receiving one or more in-school suspension: 219 (male: 110, female: 109)
Students without disabilities receiving only one out-of-school suspension: 43 (male: 23, female: 20)
Students without disabilities receiving more than one out-of-school suspension: 22 (male: 14, female: 8)
Instances of out-of-school suspension (Students with disabilities): 13
Instances of out-of-school suspension per 1,000 students (Students with disabilities)
Students with disabilities receiving one or more in-school suspension: 19 (male: 17, female: 2)
Students with disabilities receiving only one out-of-school suspension: 5 (all male)
Students with disabilities receiving more than one out-of-school suspension: 2 (all male)
- Hispanic: 290 (male: 194, female: 96)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 74 (male: 58, female: 16)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 38 (all male)
Instances of out-of-school suspension (Students without disabilities): 94
Instances of out-of-school suspension per 1,000 students (Students without disabilities)
| Here: | 108.2 |
| Texas: | 102.7 |
- Hispanic: 217 (male: 110, female: 107)
- Black: 2 (all female)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 49 (male: 23, female: 26)
Students without disabilities receiving only one out-of-school suspension: 43 (male: 23, female: 20)
- Hispanic: 43 (male: 23, female: 20)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 7 (male: 5, female: 2)
Students without disabilities receiving more than one out-of-school suspension: 22 (male: 14, female: 8)
- Hispanic: 22 (male: 14, female: 8)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 7 (male: 5, female: 2)
Instances of out-of-school suspension (Students with disabilities): 13
Instances of out-of-school suspension per 1,000 students (Students with disabilities)
| School: | 15.0 |
| State: | 27.5 |
- Hispanic: 19 (male: 17, female: 2)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Section 504: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
Students with disabilities receiving only one out-of-school suspension: 5 (all male)
- Hispanic: 5
Students with disabilities receiving more than one out-of-school suspension: 2 (all male)
- Hispanic: 2
Classes & Courses
Algebra I:
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(State average from 1,490 schools)
Algebra I is a (college-preparatory) course that includes the study of properties and operations of the real number system; evaluating rational algebraic expressions; solving and graphing first degree equations and inequalities; translating word problems into equations; operations with and factoring of polynomials; and solving simple quadratic equations. Algebra I is a foundation course leading to higher-level mathematics courses, including Geometry and Algebra II.
Number of Algebra I classes: 41
Number of Algebra I classes taught by certified teachers: 41
9-10th grade student enrollment in Algebra I: 801 (male: 408, female: 393)
Number of Algebra I classes taught by certified teachers: 41
- Hispanic793
- Black2
- White4
- Multirace2
- LEP127
- IDEA64
9-10th grade student enrollment in Algebra I
- Hispanic: 793 (male: 404, female: 389)
- Black: 2 (all female)
- White: 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Two or More Races: 2 (all male)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 127 (male: 65, female: 62)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 64 (male: 44, female: 20)
- Hispanic: 707 (male: 355, female: 352)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 113 (male: 55, female: 58)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 59 (male: 40, female: 19)
Percent of 9-10th grade students who passed
| School: | 88.3% |
| State: | 77.3% |
Geometry:
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Geometry is a (college-preparatory) course that typically includes topics such as properties of plane and solid figures; deductive methods of reasoning and use of logic; geometry as an axiomatic system including the study of postulates, theorems, and formal proofs; concepts of congruence, similarity, parallelism, perpendicularity, and proportion; and rules of angle measurement in triangles.Geometry is considered a prerequisite for Algebra II.
Number of Geometry classes: 4
Number of Geometry classes taught by certified teachers: 4
Student Enrollment in Geometry: 63 (male: 34, female: 29)
Number of Geometry classes taught by certified teachers: 4
- Hispanic61
- White2
- LEP4
- IDEA5
Student Enrollment in Geometry
- Hispanic: 61 (male: 32, female: 29)
- White: 2 (all male)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 4 (male: 2, female: 2)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 5 (all male)
Biology:
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Biology (college-preparatory) courses are designed to provide information regarding the fundamental concepts of life and life processes.These courses include(but are not restricted to) such topics as cell structure and function, general plant and animal physiology, genetics, and taxonomy.
Number of Biology classes: 40
Number of Biology classes taught by certified teachers: 40
Student Enrollment in Biology: 843 (male: 432, female: 411)
Number of Biology classes taught by certified teachers: 40
- Hispanic832
- Black2
- White7
- Multirace2
- LEP133
- IDEA64
Student Enrollment in Biology
- Hispanic: 832 (male: 425, female: 407)
- Black: 2 (all female)
- White: 7 (male: 5, female: 2)
- Two or More Races: 2 (all male)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 133 (male: 68, female: 65)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 64 (male: 44, female: 20)
Physics:
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Physics (college-preparatory) courses involve the study of the forces and laws of nature affecting matter, such as equilibrium, motion, momentum, and the relationships between matter and energy.The study of physics includes examination of sound, light, and magnetic and electric phenomena.
Number of Physics classes: 1
Number of Physics classes taught by certified teachers: 1
Student Enrollment in Physics: 22 (male: 14, female: 8)
Number of Physics classes taught by certified teachers: 1
Student Enrollment in Physics: 22 (male: 14, female: 8)
- Hispanic: 22 (male: 14, female: 8)
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP): 2 (all male)
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 5 (all male)
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