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What's something H B ZACHRY EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
562
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679003016
H B Zachry Elementary School
3200 CHACOTA ST, LAREDO, TX 78040 · (956) 273-4900 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
536 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 | 76 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
0%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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
71.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +53.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 53 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 37.0% | 17.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 71.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% 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 14 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 H B Zachry Elementary School
H B Zachry Elementary School's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H B Zachry Elementary School this school | 562 | 95.4% | 46.9% |
| Bryss Academy BROWNSVILLE | 555 | 95.0% | 68.0% |
| Dr Maria Palmira Mendiola Elementary School MISSION | 583 | 95.5% | 32.7% |
| Raul Longoria Elementary School PHARR | 568 | 94.5% | 39.7% |
| Ligarde Elementary School LAREDO | 571 | 96.7% | 39.4% |
| Ortiz Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 564 | 94.3% | 68.5% |
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 H B Zachry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #1,746 of 4,401 | #38 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #383 of 4,466 ▲ 918 | #10 of 52 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,450 of 4,466 ▼ 246 | #29 of 52 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +28.0pp | #195 of 3,998 | #5 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #1,936 of 4,938 | #28 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,247 of 4,622 | #35 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #4,617 of 4,628 | #48 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #456 of 4,789 | #19 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #1,915 of 2,838 | #34 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
562
-59 (-10%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 562 | 35.3 | 15.9:1 | 95% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 35.7 | 15.9:1 | 94% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 34.3 | 17.3:1 | 95% (563) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 95% (590) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 36.2 | 17.6:1 | 95% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 35 | 18.6:1 | 92% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 74% (483) |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 29 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H B Zachry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (635 to 562); teachers down 2% (36.2 to 35.3).
About H B Zachry Elementary School
This page covers H B Zachry Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in LAREDO, Texas. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 562 students.
LAREDO ISD counts 20,271 students in its 30 schools, and H B Zachry Elementary School is one of them.
Most students at H B Zachry Elementary School are Hispanic: 100% of enrollment. By the diversity index, H B Zachry Elementary School comes in at 0%.
Its 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 95% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 83% average for public schools in Webb County is 12 points.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, H B Zachry Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 46.9%, is 13.9 points above the 33.0% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Texas schools.
Among Webb County residents, median household income is about $63,058, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. H B Zachry Elementary School is one of 95 public schools in Webb County, which together enroll about 63,717 students.
Ligarde Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. H B Zachry Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. H B Zachry Elementary School comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 562, 10% below the 621 of 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. 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 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
- Ligarde Elementary School0.1 mi · 571
- Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School0.3 mi · 1,053
- Dr Leo Cigarroa High School0.4 mi · 1,379
- J Kawas Elementary School0.6 mi · 363
- United South Middle School0.6 mi · 869
- Salinas Elementary School0.8 mi · 854
Frequently asked questions
About H B Zachry Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at H B Zachry Elementary School?
H B Zachry Elementary School enrolls approximately 562 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does H B Zachry Elementary School serve?
H B Zachry Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at H B Zachry Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at H B Zachry Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at H B Zachry Elementary School?
At H B Zachry Elementary School, the student body is approximately 100% Hispanic.
Is H B Zachry Elementary School public or private?
H B Zachry Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAREDO ISD.
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