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Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365004958
Clark Elementary School
400 W MAYBERRY, LAREDO, TX 78041 · (956) 476-4600 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
316 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 | 11 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
1%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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
61.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 31.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 41.0% | 17.0% | 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 | 57.0% | 61.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Clark Elementary School
Clark Elementary School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Elementary School this school | 354 | 89.3% | 55.4% |
| Newman Elementary School LAREDO | 365 | 88.8% | 52.6% |
| Lotspeich Leadership Academy ROBSTOWN | 368 | 88.9% | 24.8% |
| Coldwell Elementary School EL PASO | 354 | 87.9% | 42.1% |
| Las Palmas Leadership School for Girls SAN ANTONIO | 354 | 87.6% | 24.2% |
| Las Yescas Elementary School SAN BENITO | 354 | 91.5% | 42.7% |
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 Clark Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,036 of 4,401 | #20 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #907 of 4,466 ▼ 4 | #23 of 52 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,782 of 4,466 ▼ 409 | #36 of 52 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,302 of 3,998 | #36 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #3,851 of 4,938 | #50 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #611 of 4,622 | #3 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.1% | #4,523 of 4,628 | #30 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #1,159 of 4,789 | #30 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #1,166 of 2,838 | #25 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
354
-54 (-13%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 921
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 354 | 28 | 12.6:1 | 89% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 26.8 | 14.3:1 | 90% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 26.9 | 15.1:1 | 91% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 90% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 29.1 | 15.2:1 | 90% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 90% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 90% (493) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 80% (453) |
| 1990-91 | 921 | 44 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clark Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (443 to 354); teachers down 4% (29.1 to 28).
About Clark Elementary School
Clark Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in LAREDO, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 354 students. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 32% smaller than that.
District-wide, UNITED ISD has 51 schools and 40,742 students.
Most students at Clark Elementary School are Hispanic: 99% of enrollment. By the diversity index, Clark Elementary School comes in at 1%.
Teachers at the school number 28 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.6:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The school's lunch program data list 89% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Clark Elementary School is 35.6%. It actually posts 55.4%, which is 19.8 points higher and in the top 10% of Texas schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Webb County, median household income is about $63,058, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. The public schools of Webb County number 95 and enroll about 63,717.
Clark Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Clark Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put Clark Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Clark Elementary School had 408 students in 2020-21 and 354 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease.
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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
Other Clark Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 15 states are named Clark Elementary. Clark Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 21.
- Clark Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 828 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolBAYTOWN, TX · 712 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolPORTLAND, TX · 457 students
- CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 858 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolPaducah, KY · 615 students
Nearby schools
- Clark Middle School0.1 mi · 543
- Harmony School of Excellence - Laredo0.8 mi · 671
- Harmony Science Academy - Laredo0.8 mi · 659
- Amparo Gutierrez Elementary School0.9 mi · 384
- Pierce Elementary School1.0 mi · 662
- Farias Elementary School1.0 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About Clark Elementary SchoolHow large is Clark Elementary School?
Clark Elementary School enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Clark Elementary School serve?
Clark Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clark Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clark Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clark Elementary School?
At Clark Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is Clark Elementary School public or private?
Clark Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by UNITED ISD.
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