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Alumni: what's one memory from CLARK EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365004958
CLARK EL
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
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
64.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +36.0pp 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 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 19 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
354
-89 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.2:1
% White
0%
was 0%
% Hispanic
99%
was 100%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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
- CLARK MIDDLE0.1 mi · 543
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO0.8 mi · 671
- HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LAREDO0.8 mi · 659
- AMPARO GUTIERREZ EL0.9 mi · 384
- PIERCE EL1.0 mi · 662
- FARIAS EL1.0 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About CLARK ELHow large is CLARK EL?
CLARK EL enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CLARK EL serve?
CLARK EL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CLARK EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CLARK EL is approximately 12.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CLARK EL?
At CLARK EL, the student body is approximately 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is CLARK EL public or private?
CLARK 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.