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If you had an hour of school board time for GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
579
Middle
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365007146
GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE
10306 RIVERBANK DR, LAREDO, TX 78045 · (956) 473-7600 · Webb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
434 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle 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 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
58.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +32.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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
579
-684 (-54%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.7:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
99%
was 98%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE
Set in LAREDO, Texas, GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE is a moderately sized junior high, overseen by UNITED ISD. It enrolls 579 students across grades 6 through 8.
UNITED ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 40,742 students; GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE is among them.
Demographically, GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.1%; this one delivers 54.4%.
In the broader community, Webb County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,058, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE is one of 95 public schools in Webb County (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students).
BARBARA FASKEN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.1%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE's enrollment has contracted 54% since 2018, when it stood at 1,263 (now 579). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 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
- ELIAS HERRERA MIDDLEMiddle · 1,146 students
- UNITED MIDDLEMiddle · 999 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
- BARBARA FASKEN EL0.7 mi · 704
- FINLEY EL0.8 mi · 471
- KAZEN EL0.8 mi · 367
- JUAN ROBERTO RAMIREZ MIDDLE1.4 mi · 521
- JULIA BIRD JONES MULLER EL2.5 mi · 768
- NYE EL2.6 mi · 685
Frequently asked questions
About GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLEHow many students attend GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE?
GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE enrolls approximately 579 students in grades 06-08.
Is GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE have?
GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE?
GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE?
GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE is overseen by UNITED ISD in Webb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.