2025 Census government inventory

Benjamin ISD

Independent school district in Texas. Browse the source-reported information below.

Census ID 118791 · Census county field: Knox · Functioning in the 2025 inventory
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

104students in the finance record
1operating schools connected
$30,298current spending per pupil
Who governs this school system

6 published board members.

These are the current board-role records published by the Texas Education Agency for Benjamin ISD. Election.org joined them by exact state agency ID—not by name.

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Board President

Michelle Barrientez

Term dates not published

michellebarrientez@gmail.com
Board Vice President

Jacob Siemens

Term dates not published

Public email not published
Board Secretary

Jason Doran

Term dates not published

Public email not published
Board Member

Ben Grill

Term dates not published

Public email not published
Board Member

Jake Cowan

Term dates not published

Public email not published
Board Member

Tyler Weatherford

Term dates not published

Public email not published

Source checked2026-08-30

TEA organization138904

CountyKnox County

Region09

AskTED is updated daily. It does not establish election method, trustee-seat geography, vacancies, candidates, or meeting votes; blank term and email fields remain visibly unpublished.

Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment10411.9% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$30,29846.1% higher than 2019 after inflation · 79.3% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$9.8M295.1% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$16.8MUp from $0 reported in 2019
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 118; 2020: 124; 2021: 131; 2022: 133; 2023: 130; 2024: 104137119100201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $20,734; 2020: $20,595; 2021: $18,513; 2022: $18,190; 2023: $22,997; 2024: $30,298$31,993$24,244$16,495201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20195.3% F49.5% S45.2% L
20203.9% F59.2% S36.9% L
20216.5% F53.6% S39.9% L
20227.5% F20.4% S72.2% L
20236.6% F14.2% S79.2% L
20244.4% F20.2% S75.5% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
2019118$16,898$2,138,000$2,486,000$0
2020124$16,992$2,346,000$2,307,000$0
2021131$15,992$2,828,000$3,407,000$3,900,000
2022133$16,970$6,078,000$6,250,000$8,295,000
2023130$22,338$7,502,000$7,257,000$14,265,000
2024104$30,298$7,055,000$9,822,000$16,840,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Where the money comes from

$7.05M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal4.4%$310,000
State20.2%$1.42M
Local75.5%$5.32M
Total expenditures$9.82M
Current spending$3.15M
Instruction$1.90M
Support services$1.16M
Capital outlay$5.94M
Debt outstanding$16.8M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

BENJAMIN ISD

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK–12
StatusOpen
Address303 E HAYES ST, BENJAMIN, TX, 79505
Open district website →
About this school data

Census and NCES records describe this system’s enrollment, finances and schools for the years shown. Board, election and meeting information, when available, has separate sources and dates. An unlisted item means it is not covered here—not that it does not exist. Check the district’s official notices for current meetings and officeholders.

The source record

Listed as functioning in 2025.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
118791
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
2025 Census snapshot

Reported contact and location fields

Reported mailing addressPO BOX 166 · BENJAMIN, TX · 79505-0166
Reported contact roleSupt

A role label, not a verified person’s name.

Census county fieldKnox
Reported websiteOpen listed website ↗

These are inventory fields, not newly verified office contacts. A county field or mailing address does not establish the exact service boundary.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment1302023

About these sources and their limits
Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.
  • The dated AskTED export reports the board names, roles, public emails, and term fields shown above.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.