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Best kept secret on campus at DON JOSE GALLEGO?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679003011
DON JOSE GALLEGO
520 CLARK BLVD, LAREDO, TX 78040 · (956) 273-3100 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
550 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
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 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 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 37 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% 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 16 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
557
-218 (-28%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 18.4:1
% White
0%
was 0%
% Hispanic
100%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DON JOSE GALLEGO
DON JOSE GALLEGO is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in LAREDO, Texas, one of the schools within LAREDO ISD, instructing 557 students in grades pre-K through 5.
DON JOSE GALLEGO is one of 30 schools operated by LAREDO ISD, a district that instructs 20,271 students overall.
In terms of who attends, DON JOSE GALLEGO shows that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, DON JOSE GALLEGO has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Webb County (around 83%), the school's rate is north of typical.
With demographic context factored in, DON JOSE GALLEGO sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.5%; actual is 47.5%, +16.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Webb County put the typical household earns roughly $63,058 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DON JOSE GALLEGO is one of 95 public schools in Webb County (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students).
MEMORIAL MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DON JOSE GALLEGO ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.8%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 28%: 775 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for DON JOSE GALLEGO typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 H SHigh · 2,124 students
- MARTIN H SHigh · 1,975 students
- DR LEO CIGARROA H SHigh · 1,379 students
- LAMAR MIDDLEMiddle · 1,204 students
- CHRISTEN MIDDLEMiddle · 1,115 students
- JOAQUIN CIGARROA MIDDLEMiddle · 1,053 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
- MEMORIAL MIDDLE0.3 mi · 679
- J C MARTIN JR EL0.5 mi · 435
- TARVER EL0.5 mi · 421
- T SANCHEZ EL / H OCHOA EL0.7 mi · 569
- BRUNI EL0.7 mi · 441
- MARTIN H S0.9 mi · 1,975
Frequently asked questions
About DON JOSE GALLEGOHow large is DON JOSE GALLEGO?
DON JOSE GALLEGO enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DON JOSE GALLEGO serve?
DON JOSE GALLEGO serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DON JOSE GALLEGO?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DON JOSE GALLEGO is approximately 14.6:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is DON JOSE GALLEGO?
DON JOSE GALLEGO reports a student body of 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
Who oversees DON JOSE GALLEGO?
DON JOSE GALLEGO is overseen by LAREDO ISD in Webb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.