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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at BARBARA FASKEN EL this year?
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Enrollment
704
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365011086
Barbara Fasken Elementary School
11111 ATLANTA DR, LAREDO, TX 78045 · (956) 473-4700 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
491 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 81 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 32.0% | 19.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 66.0% | 55.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 23.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Barbara Fasken Elementary School
Barbara Fasken Elementary School's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Fasken Elementary School this school | 704 | 69.7% | 57.6% |
| Mims Elementary School MISSION | 673 | 68.9% | 48.2% |
| Bryan Elementary School MISSION | 653 | 71.4% | 54.0% |
| Edgemere International School EL PASO | 639 | 71.8% | 52.1% |
| Scotsdale Elementary School EL PASO | 749 | 67.0% | 64.8% |
| Treasure Hills Elementary School HARLINGEN | 758 | 69.4% | 41.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Barbara Fasken Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #894 of 4,401 | #17 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,704 of 4,466 ▼ 522 | #33 of 52 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #1,138 of 4,466 ▼ 315 | #23 of 52 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,152 of 3,998 | #6 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #896 of 4,938 | #10 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,552 of 4,622 | #42 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.2% | #4,357 of 4,628 | #8 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #2,575 of 4,789 | #45 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #1,149 of 2,838 | #23 of 43 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
704
-79 (-10%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 1,027
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 704 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 70% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 725 | 44.9 | 16.2:1 | 73% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 68% (484) |
| 2020-21 | 783 | 47 | 16.7:1 | 68% (529) |
| 2017-18 | 883 | 48.2 | 18.3:1 | 67% (594) |
| 2015-16 | 946 | 52 | 18.2:1 | 68% (644) |
| 2010-11 | 1,027 | 54 | 19.0:1 | 73% (753) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barbara Fasken Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (883 to 704); teachers down 11% (48.2 to 43).
About Barbara Fasken Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Barbara Fasken Elementary School serves students in LAREDO, Texas. Its enrollment is 704 students, spread over pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Besides Barbara Fasken Elementary School, UNITED ISD runs 50 other schools. The district enrolls 40,742 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Barbara Fasken Elementary School is 98%. In Webb County overall, the Hispanic share is about 95%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 4%.
A staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.4:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 70%. The average for public schools in Webb County is 83%.
Barbara Fasken Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 83% of Texas public elementary schools.
Barbara Fasken Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.6% and a predicted 43.9%.
In the wider Webb County area, the median household earns about $63,058 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. Barbara Fasken Elementary School shares Webb County with 94 other public schools.
Barbara Fasken Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Kazen Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Barbara Fasken Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Barbara Fasken Elementary School at 4th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 10%, from 783 to 704.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Webb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,294
Census ACS
Median income
$63,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
63,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNITED ISD
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- United South High SchoolHigh · 3,252 students
- Lyndon B JohnsonHigh · 3,240 students
- John B Alexander High SchoolHigh · 3,171 students
- Elias Herrera Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,146 students
- United Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
Other schools in LAREDO
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- United South High SchoolHigh · 3,252 students
- Lyndon B JohnsonHigh · 3,240 students
- John B Alexander High SchoolHigh · 3,171 students
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
Other Barbara Fasken Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Barbara Fasken Elementary. Barbara Fasken Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Barbara Fasken Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 909 students
Nearby schools
- Kazen Elementary School0.6 mi · 367
- George Washington Middle School0.7 mi · 579
- Finley Elementary School0.8 mi · 471
- Juan Roberto Ramirez Middle School1.3 mi · 521
- Julia Bird Jones Muller Elementary School2.1 mi · 768
- Trautmann Middle School2.4 mi · 756
Frequently asked questions
About Barbara Fasken Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Barbara Fasken Elementary School?
Barbara Fasken Elementary School enrolls approximately 704 students in grades PK-05.
Is Barbara Fasken Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barbara Fasken Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Barbara Fasken Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Barbara Fasken Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Barbara Fasken Elementary School?
Student demographics at Barbara Fasken Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Barbara Fasken Elementary School public or private?
Barbara Fasken Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by UNITED ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.