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 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.2%.

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 9th 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.