Middle · Texas
South Texas ISD Rising Scholars Academy
South Texas ISD Rising Scholars Academy, a public middle school in San Benito, Texas: grades 6–8, 781 students, 15.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South Texas ISD.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 781
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.2
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 72% of middle schools in Texas
Median 14.4 · 1,726 schools compared
More students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 66% of middle schools in Texas
Median 633 · 1,741 schools compared
Larger than 77% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Texas: 54%82%proficient
−0.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 95% of middle schools in Texas
Median 51% · 1,712 middle schools compared
745 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Texas: 42%60%proficient
−16.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 88% of middle schools in Texas
Median 35% · 1,711 middle schools compared
504 students tested, grades 6, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Area
- Midsize suburb
- Run by
- South Texas ISD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with South Texas ISD.
Location
- Address
- 151 S Helen Moore Rd, San Benito, TX 78586
- Phone
- (956)399-4358
- City or town
- San Benito
- County
- Cameron County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berta Cabaza MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 695 | 15.0 | 42% | 28% |
Collegiate AcademyFree meals for all | 6–8 | 117 | 12.6 | 80% | 46% |
Coakley MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 687 | 12.5 | 47% | 25% |
Vernon MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 631 | 10.8 | 51% | 29% |
Miller Jordan MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 477 | 11.7 | 33% | 22% |
Memorial MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 705 | 12.2 | 58% | 42% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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