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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679003015
Farias Elementary School
1510 CHICAGO ST, LAREDO, TX 78041 · (956) 273-3400 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
597 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 | 89 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
2%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
91.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +52.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
89.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +45.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 52 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 45 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 56.0% | 35.0% | 8.0% | 1.0% |
| Mathematics | 57.0% | 32.0% | 7.0% | 4.0% |
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 | 91.0% | 89.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 89.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 67.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
78.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+47.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% 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 47 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 Farias Elementary School
Farias Elementary School's state test result (78.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farias Elementary School this school | 597 | 100.0% | 78.2% |
| Alto Bonito Elementary School RIO GRANDE CITY | 588 | 99.3% | 45.6% |
| Daniel Singleterry Sr DONNA | 560 | 98.9% | 23.6% |
| Juan Seguin Elementary School MISSION | 569 | 98.2% | 27.4% |
| T Sanchez El / H Ochoa Elementary School LAREDO | 569 | 98.2% | 48.0% |
| Don Jose Gallego LAREDO | 557 | 98.7% | 47.5% |
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 Farias Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #118 of 4,401 | #2 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #24 of 4,466 ▲ 287 | #1 of 52 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #24 of 4,466 ▲ 891 | #1 of 52 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,149 of 3,998 | #34 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #1,640 of 4,938 | #23 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #3,732 of 4,622 | #48 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.7% | #4,488 of 4,628 | #21 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #17 of 4,789 | #1 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #2,129 of 2,838 | #38 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
597
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,119
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 597 | 35.8 | 16.7:1 | 100% (597) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 32.2 | 19.8:1 | 97% (617) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 32.7 | 17.2:1 | 100% (561) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 97% (602) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 38.1 | 17.2:1 | 98% (640) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 96% (723) |
| 2010-11 | 855 | 51 | 16.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,008 | 47 | 21.4:1 | 60% (606) |
| 1990-91 | 1,119 | 58 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Farias Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (655 to 597); teachers down 6% (38.1 to 35.8).
About Farias Elementary School
Farias Elementary School is an elementary school in LAREDO, Texas, according to federal school records. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 597 students on the rolls.
LAREDO ISD enrolls 20,271 students in 30 schools, including Farias Elementary School.
At Farias Elementary School, 99% of students are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 2%.
Farias Elementary School reported 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.7:1. The school's 16.7:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Roughly 100% of students at Farias Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 17 points above the 83% average for public schools in Webb County.
A school in Texas with Farias Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 31.0%. Farias Elementary School scores 78.2%.
Webb County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $63,058 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. Farias Elementary School shares Webb County with 94 other public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Santa Maria Elementary School, is the closest to Farias Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 54.9%, lower than Farias Elementary School's 78.2%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 619 to 597.
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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 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
- Santa Maria Elementary School0.3 mi · 465
- Harmony School of Excellence - Laredo0.7 mi · 671
- Harmony Science Academy - Laredo0.8 mi · 659
- Clark Elementary School1.0 mi · 354
- Clark Middle School1.1 mi · 543
- Leyendecker Elementary School1.2 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Farias Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Farias Elementary School?
Farias Elementary School enrolls approximately 597 students in grades PK-05.
Is Farias Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Farias Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Farias Elementary School have?
Farias Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
How diverse is Farias Elementary School?
Farias Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees Farias Elementary School?
Farias Elementary School is overseen by LAREDO ISD in Webb County.
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