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What's something BONNIE L GARCIA EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
631
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365011083
BONNIE L GARCIA EL
1453 CONCORD HILLS BLVD, LAREDO, TX 78046 · (956) 764-8900 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
484 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
631
-115 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.9:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
99%
was 100%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BONNIE L GARCIA EL
BONNIE L GARCIA EL is one of the mid-tier primary schools in LAREDO, Texas, part of UNITED ISD, with 631 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
UNITED ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 40,742 students; BONNIE L GARCIA EL is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BONNIE L GARCIA EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%).
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BONNIE L GARCIA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 38.5%.
Around the school, census data for Webb County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,058 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Webb County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), BONNIE L GARCIA EL is one campus in the mix.
UNITED SOUTH H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BONNIE L GARCIA EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.1%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 746 students in 2018 compared to 631 in 2025.
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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 H SHigh · 3,463 students
- UNITED SOUTH H SHigh · 3,252 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSONHigh · 3,240 students
- JOHN B ALEXANDER H SHigh · 3,171 students
- ELIAS HERRERA MIDDLEMiddle · 1,146 students
- UNITED MIDDLEMiddle · 999 students
Other schools in LAREDO
- UNITED H SHigh · 3,463 students
- UNITED SOUTH H SHigh · 3,252 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSONHigh · 3,240 students
- JOHN B ALEXANDER H SHigh · 3,171 students
- NIXON H SHigh · 2,124 students
- MARTIN H SHigh · 1,975 students
Nearby schools
- UNITED SOUTH H S0.9 mi · 3,252
- JUDITH ZAFFIRINI EL0.9 mi · 618
- RUIZ EL1.1 mi · 660
- ANTONIO GONZALEZ MIDDLE1.2 mi · 664
- UNITED SOUTH MIDDLE1.2 mi · 869
- RAUL PERALES MIDDLE1.4 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About BONNIE L GARCIA ELHow large is BONNIE L GARCIA EL?
BONNIE L GARCIA EL enrolls approximately 631 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BONNIE L GARCIA EL serve?
BONNIE L GARCIA EL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at BONNIE L GARCIA EL?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at BONNIE L GARCIA EL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BONNIE L GARCIA EL?
At BONNIE L GARCIA EL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Is BONNIE L GARCIA EL public or private?
BONNIE L GARCIA EL 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.