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What's the biggest difference between HEIGHTS EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679003018
Heights Elementary School
1208 MARKET, LAREDO, TX 78040 · (956) 273-3600 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
499 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 | 93 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
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
87.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +53.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
83.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +46.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 53 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 46 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 50.0% | 37.0% | 9.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 61.0% | 22.0% | 13.0% | 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 | 87.0% | 83.0% |
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 62.0% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 70.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
78.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+46.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% 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 Heights Elementary School
Heights Elementary School's state test result (78.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heights Elementary School this school | 508 | 98.2% | 78.3% |
| Drs Reed - Mock Elementary School SAN JUAN | 509 | 98.2% | 46.6% |
| Amigos Por Vida-Friends for Life Charter School HOUSTON | 524 | 97.5% | 55.0% |
| Zeferino Farias Elementary School ALAMO | 520 | 97.1% | 33.7% |
| Santo Nino Elementary School LAREDO | 542 | 98.0% | 56.2% |
| Corina Pena Elementary School PENITAS | 523 | 96.6% | 30.2% |
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 Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #116 of 4,401 | #1 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #90 of 4,466 ▼ 10 | #5 of 52 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #78 of 4,466 ▲ 158 | #3 of 52 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.0pp | #324 of 3,998 | #7 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #2,458 of 4,938 | #32 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,536 of 4,622 | #41 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.6% | #4,493 of 4,628 | #24 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #153 of 4,789 | #12 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #2,205 of 2,838 | #39 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
508
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
+100% since 1990-91, when it was 254
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
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 | 508 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 98% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 30.6 | 16.7:1 | 98% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 30.7 | 17.4:1 | 98% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 98% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 96% (529) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 28 | 19.6:1 | 91% (499) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 265 | 18 | 14.7:1 | 73% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 254 | 14 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (553 to 508); teachers unchanged (31 to 31).
About Heights Elementary School
At 1208 MARKET in LAREDO, Texas, Heights Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It had 508 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
LAREDO ISD is responsible for 30 schools, Heights Elementary School included, with 20,271 students in all.
The share of students at Heights Elementary School who are Hispanic is 99%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 2, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.4:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 83% average for public schools in Webb County, the school's rate is higher.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Heights Elementary School beats its 31.7% prediction with 78.3%, a top-10% result in Texas.
The school's county is Webb County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $63,058, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Webb County's 95 public schools enroll about 63,717 students and include Heights Elementary School.
The closest school to Heights Elementary School is Daiches Elementary School, located about 0.5 miles away. Heights Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Heights Elementary School at 1st of 7.
Heights Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 5%.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Heights Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Heights Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Heights Elementary. Heights Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Heights Elementary SchoolTEXAS CITY, TX · 412 students
- HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT MYERS, FL · 1,057 students
- Heights ElementaryPittsburg, CA · 547 students
- Heights ElementarySharon, MA · 545 students
- Heights ElementaryClarkston, WA · 358 students
Nearby schools
- Daiches Elementary School0.5 mi · 405
- Texasworks - Laredo0.6 mi · 57
- Premier H S of Laredo0.6 mi · 138
- J C Martin Jr Elementary School0.9 mi · 435
- Memorial Middle School0.9 mi · 679
- Don Jose Gallego1.0 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Heights Elementary SchoolHow large is Heights Elementary School?
Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Heights Elementary School serve?
Heights Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Heights Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Heights Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Heights Elementary School?
At Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Is Heights Elementary School public or private?
Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAREDO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.