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Enrollment
651
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365013670
Freedom Elementary School
415 EG RANCH RD, LAREDO, TX 78043 · (956) 473-1600 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
579 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 72 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 40.0% | 30.0% | 16.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 32.0% | 27.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 25 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 Freedom Elementary School
Freedom Elementary School's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Elementary School this school | 651 | 88.9% | 60.8% |
| Carmen V Avila Elementary School EDINBURG | 636 | 89.9% | 40.6% |
| Dr Kay Teer Crawford Elementary School EDINBURG | 625 | 89.3% | 55.7% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo LAREDO | 679 | 88.5% | 36.8% |
| Radcliffe & Sue Killam Elementary School LAREDO | 631 | 90.0% | 40.2% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School EDINBURG | 640 | 87.2% | 33.5% |
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 Freedom Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #727 of 4,401 | #15 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,029 of 4,466 ▼ 354 | #26 of 52 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #746 of 4,466 ▼ 312 | #16 of 52 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,961 of 3,998 | #29 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #1,249 of 4,938 | #17 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,901 of 4,622 | #30 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.3% | #4,589 of 4,628 | #45 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #1,187 of 4,789 | #31 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #892 of 1,307 | #3 of 6 |
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
651
+67 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 651 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 89% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 39.7 | 16.7:1 | 92% (611) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 37.7 | 17.2:1 | 90% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 91% (530) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 93% (565) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freedom Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (608 to 651); teachers up 8% (39 to 42).
About Freedom Elementary School
Freedom Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in UNITED ISD, located in LAREDO, Texas. The school counts 651 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 25% bigger than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
Across its 51 schools, UNITED ISD enrolls 40,742 students. Freedom Elementary School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up 100% of enrollment at Freedom Elementary School. Freedom Elementary School's diversity index is 0%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 42 full-time equivalents, or about 15.5 students per teacher. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 89%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Freedom Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Texas. Predicted: 35.7%. Actual: 60.8%.
In the county around the school, Webb County, the median household income is $63,058, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of people live in poverty. There are 95 public schools in Webb County, enrolling about 63,717 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Raul Perales Middle School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Freedom Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 48.3%, lower than Freedom Elementary School's 60.8%.
The federal government classifies Freedom Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment climbed 11% from its 2020-21 level of 584.
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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 UNITED ISD
- 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
- Elias Herrera Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,146 students
- United Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 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
Other Freedom Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 15 states are named Freedom Elementary. Freedom Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 26.
- Freedom Elementary SchoolKELLER, TX · 639 students
- Freedom Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 536 students
- Freedom Elementary SchoolLawton, OK · 1,251 students
- FREEDOM ELEM.ST ROBERT, MO · 954 students
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDELAND, FL · 786 students
Nearby schools
- Raul Perales Middle School0.1 mi · 648
- Bonnie L Garcia Elementary School1.6 mi · 631
- Judith Zaffirini Elementary School1.7 mi · 618
- Antonio Gonzalez Middle School1.9 mi · 664
- United South High School2.4 mi · 3,252
- Ruiz Elementary School2.7 mi · 660
Frequently asked questions
About Freedom Elementary SchoolHow large is Freedom Elementary School?
Freedom Elementary School enrolls approximately 651 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Freedom Elementary School serve?
Freedom Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Freedom Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Freedom Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Freedom Elementary School?
Student demographics at Freedom Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
What district is Freedom Elementary School in?
Freedom Elementary School is part of UNITED ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.