FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EL

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in LAREDO, Texas, FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EL serves 612 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within UNITED ISD.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EL is one of 51 schools operated by UNITED ISD, a district that teaches 40,742 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EL logs that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EL reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Webb County (around 83%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 31.4%; FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EL posts 50.0%, +18.6 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Webb County put the typical household earns roughly $63,058 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EL is one of 95 public schools in Webb County (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students).

The closest other public school is LOS OBISPOS MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 680 students in 2018 compared to 612 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.