Greyhounds Online Academy, San Benito TX

Original Research by School Decision on Greyhounds Online Academy

Greyhounds Online Academy is a public online school serving kindergarten through ninth grade in San Benito, part of the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District. It sits in a small city in the Rio Grande Valley, roughly ten miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, in an area marked by strong Mexican cultural influence, warehousing and light manufacturing tied to border trade, and active residential growth driven by regional economic momentum around SpaceX and expanding logistics infrastructure.

The school enrolls a small population across its grade band, with a substantial majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a student body that is predominantly Hispanic. Enrollment is spread fairly unevenly across grades, with notably larger cohorts in seventh and eighth grade than in kindergarten and early elementary.

On state assessments administered in 2024-25, the school's profile shows uneven academic footing depending on subject and grade. In English language arts, the school demonstrates relative strength: fourth-grade and eighth-grade results show solid proficiency, and fifth-grade English results are notably stronger. Math proficiency is considerably lower, especially in the elementary grades, where only a small share of fourth- and fifth-graders scored at proficient or above; eighth-grade math performance is better, reaching the half-proficient mark. Science results are mixed, with fifth-grade science showing weak proficiency but eighth-grade performing substantially better. Eighth-grade social studies is the school's weakest area.

A parent may want to look into the school's instructional supports in elementary mathematics, where the gap between English and math proficiency widens markedly. It would also be worth asking the school about its approach to differentiating instruction in an online environment and how students who fall behind are identified and supported.

The assessment data comes from only one year, so trend information is not available. Additionally, state testing data for third and sixth grades are incomplete, which is often typical for online or alternative school settings where enrollment or test completion in those grades may be small.

San Benito itself is a compact, walkable downtown with murals and local commerce mixed with quiet residential neighborhoods, though auto-oriented strip development dominates the commercial landscape. Housing is affordable relative to state and national benchmarks. Civic life centers around the downtown and includes the Cultural Heritage District, a public library with a new mobile outreach program, and six public parks, with a greenway trail following the Resaca de los Fresnos waterway through the city. The school district is historically the area's largest employer. Growth is active, with new residential construction and multifamily investment responding to regional economic drivers.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 422%

School 22% · District 0% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 12% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 45% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 467%

School 67% · District 53% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 575%

School 75% · District 28% · ▲ 47 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 867%

School 67% · District 49% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 0% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 36% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 825%

School 25% · District 17% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.