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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365009421
Charles Borchers Elementary School
9551 BACKWOODS TRL, LAREDO, TX 78045 · (956) 473-7200 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% 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.
- BThree-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
15.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
249 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 | 8 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
2%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
73.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 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 | 42.0% | 31.0% | 18.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 36.0% | 23.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 73.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Charles Borchers Elementary School
Charles Borchers Elementary School's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Borchers Elementary School this school | 456 | 54.6% | 61.6% |
| Lucile Hendricks Elementary School MCALLEN | 432 | 57.4% | 54.9% |
| Blanca E Sanchez MCALLEN | 502 | 56.4% | 57.3% |
| Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School MISSION | 472 | 55.1% | 64.5% |
| Liberty Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 539 | 53.6% | 65.5% |
| Buena Vista Elementary School DEL RIO | 515 | 54.4% | 41.3% |
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 Charles Borchers Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #680 of 4,401 | #14 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #847 of 4,466 ▼ 218 | #21 of 52 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #597 of 4,466 ▲ 119 | #12 of 52 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #1,690 of 3,998 | #26 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #2,959 of 4,938 | #35 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,632 of 4,622 | #25 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.7% | #4,480 of 4,628 | #18 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.6% | #3,375 of 4,789 | #50 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.5% | #60 of 2,838 | #1 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
456
-185 (-29%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 635
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 456 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 55% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 55% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 35.7 | 15.6:1 | 53% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 39 | 16.4:1 | 47% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 885 | 50.2 | 17.6:1 | 41% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 947 | 52 | 18.2:1 | 47% (445) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 49% (310) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles Borchers Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (885 to 456); teachers down 40% (50.2 to 30).
About Charles Borchers Elementary School
Charles Borchers Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in LAREDO, Texas. The latest federal count shows 456 students in pre-K through 5.
Charles Borchers Elementary School sits within UNITED ISD, which has 51 schools and 40,742 students.
The student body at Charles Borchers Elementary School is 99% Hispanic. Charles Borchers Elementary School's diversity index is 2%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 30 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.2:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 55%. The 83% average for public schools in Webb County is 28 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Charles Borchers Elementary School is A. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Charles Borchers Elementary School's results are 11.3 points above predicted: 61.6% against 50.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Webb County, the median household income is $63,058, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. There are 95 public schools in Webb County, enrolling about 63,717 students in all.
Dr Malakoff Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Charles Borchers Elementary School. By average proficiency, Charles Borchers Elementary School is 5th among 9 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Charles Borchers Elementary School's enrollment declined 29%, to 456. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.4 to 15.2 over 4 years.
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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 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
Nearby schools
- Dr Malakoff Elementary School0.5 mi · 599
- Col Santos Benavides Elementary School1.0 mi · 790
- Roberto J Santos Elementary School1.0 mi · 584
- Matias De Llano Elementary School1.1 mi · 453
- San Isidro Elementary School1.1 mi · 794
- Elias Herrera Middle School1.3 mi · 1,146
Frequently asked questions
About Charles Borchers Elementary SchoolHow large is Charles Borchers Elementary School?
Charles Borchers Elementary School enrolls approximately 456 students in grades PK-05.
Is Charles Borchers Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles Borchers Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Charles Borchers Elementary School have?
Charles Borchers Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is Charles Borchers Elementary School?
Charles Borchers Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
What district is Charles Borchers Elementary School in?
Charles Borchers Elementary School is part of UNITED ISD.
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