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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679003013
D D Hachar Elementary School
3000 GUADALUPE ST, LAREDO, TX 78043 · (956) 273-3500 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
427 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 68 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +54.0pp 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 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 54 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 32.0% | 26.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 32.0% | 18.0% | 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 | 64.0% | 67.0% |
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% 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 35 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 D D Hachar Elementary School
D D Hachar Elementary School's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| D D Hachar Elementary School this school | 443 | 96.4% | 67.6% |
| Elodia R Chapa Elementary School MISSION | 445 | 95.5% | 35.0% |
| William J Clinton Elementary School PENITAS | 463 | 96.3% | 43.6% |
| Dr Americo Paredes Elementary School MISSION | 465 | 96.1% | 39.1% |
| Carmen Anaya Elementary School PHARR | 429 | 97.2% | 51.3% |
| Eloy Garza Salazar Elementary School DONNA | 446 | 95.1% | 35.9% |
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 D D Hachar Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #388 of 4,401 | #11 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #547 of 4,466 ▼ 28 | #15 of 52 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #1,120 of 4,466 ▼ 849 | #22 of 52 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #1,597 of 3,998 | #23 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #3,091 of 4,938 | #37 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,705 of 4,622 | #27 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #4,615 of 4,628 | #46 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #341 of 4,789 | #18 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #1,334 of 2,838 | #26 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
443
-38 (-8%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 336
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 443 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 96% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 97% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 29.4 | 15.0:1 | 97% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 96% (460) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 30.9 | 17.5:1 | 96% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 94% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 69% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 336 | 23 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for D D Hachar Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (541 to 443); teachers down 6% (30.9 to 29).
About D D Hachar Elementary School
D D Hachar Elementary School is a public elementary school in LAREDO, Texas. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 443 students.
D D Hachar Elementary School is a school in LAREDO ISD. The district has 30 schools and 20,271 students.
D D Hachar Elementary School is 100% Hispanic by enrollment. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, D D Hachar Elementary School scores 0%.
With 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.3:1. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at D D Hachar Elementary School, 96% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Webb County, the average is 83%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, D D Hachar Elementary School would score about 32.5%. It scores 67.6%, a top-10% result among Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Webb County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $63,058, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Webb County's 95 public schools enroll about 63,717 students and include D D Hachar Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lamar Middle School, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. D D Hachar Elementary School places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
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.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 481 to 443, an 8% decline. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.3:1) than in 2020-21 (14.2:1).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 LAREDO ISD
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
- Dr Leo Cigarroa High SchoolHigh · 1,379 students
- Lamar Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,204 students
- Christen Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
- Joaquin Cigarroa Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,053 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
- Lamar Middle School0.5 mi · 1,204
- Premier H S of Laredo0.6 mi · 138
- Texasworks - Laredo0.6 mi · 57
- Ryan Elementary School0.8 mi · 834
- Daiches Elementary School1.2 mi · 405
- Heights Elementary School1.2 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About D D Hachar Elementary SchoolHow large is D D Hachar Elementary School?
D D Hachar Elementary School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades PK-05.
Is D D Hachar Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
D D Hachar Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at D D Hachar Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at D D Hachar Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at D D Hachar Elementary School?
Student demographics at D D Hachar Elementary School are roughly 100% Hispanic.
Is D D Hachar Elementary School public or private?
D D Hachar Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAREDO ISD.
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