CLARK EL

CLARK EL is a low-enrollment K-5 school in LAREDO, Texas, part of UNITED ISD. The school hosts 354 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

CLARK EL is one of 51 schools operated by UNITED ISD, a district that educates 40,742 students overall.

On the student-mix side, CLARK EL shows that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at CLARK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, CLARK EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 54.3%, a residual of +19.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Webb County reports that 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%. In all, Webb County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), of which CLARK EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CLARK MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLARK EL. On composite proficiency, CLARK EL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLARK EL has contracted 20%, going from 443 students in 2018 to 354 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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