HENRY CUELLAR EL

Set in LAREDO, Texas, HENRY CUELLAR EL is a compact primary school, operated by UNITED ISD. It enrolls 430 students across grades pre-K through 5.

UNITED ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 40,742 students; HENRY CUELLAR EL is among them.

On demographics, HENRY CUELLAR EL records that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Webb County (around 83%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HENRY CUELLAR EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.7%, the actual is 43.4%, a residual of +10.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Webb County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,058, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HENRY CUELLAR EL is one of 95 public schools in Webb County (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students).

Nearest neighbor: RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HENRY CUELLAR EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HENRY CUELLAR EL has ticked down 35%, going from 657 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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