What elementary school did Simone Biles attend in Harris County, Texas?

Simone Biles attended Benfer Elementary School in Harris County, Texas.

Benfer was part of Biles’ early life in the Spring area of suburban Houston, where she was raised by her maternal grandfather Ron Biles and his wife, Nellie. Her school years overlapped with the beginning of her gymnastics development, before elite training reshaped her daily schedule.

At age six, Biles encountered gymnastics during a field trip to Bannon’s Gymnastix. She soon began training there, and the activity that started as a school outing developed into an extraordinary competitive career. Her classmates and teachers at Benfer therefore witnessed part of the period before she became internationally famous.

In 2012, Biles switched from public school to homeschooling so she could increase training from roughly 20 hours a week to about 32. That change can cause confusion: Benfer was her elementary school, not the name of her high school or home-school program. She later completed high school in 2015 while preparing to turn professional.