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Which teacher or staff member at J C MARTIN JR EL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679003019
J C Martin Jr Elementary School
1600 MONTERREY AVE, LAREDO, TX 78040 · (956) 273-4100 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
14.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
433 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 | 78 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 49% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
3%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
84.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +61.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
79.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +65.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 61 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 65 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 57.0% | 27.0% | 10.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 51.0% | 28.0% | 15.0% | 6.0% |
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 | 84.0% | 79.0% |
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+39.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% 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 39 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 J C Martin Jr Elementary School
J C Martin Jr Elementary School's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J C Martin Jr Elementary School this school | 435 | 99.5% | 70.3% |
| Smith Elementary School RAYMONDVILLE | 431 | 98.8% | 56.4% |
| Putegnat Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 444 | 100.0% | 39.1% |
| John & Olive Hinojosa Elementary School RIO GRANDE CITY | 441 | 99.1% | 30.2% |
| Macdonell Elementary School LAREDO | 426 | 98.6% | 67.7% |
| Alberto and Celia Barrera Elementary School RIO GRANDE CITY | 420 | 100.0% | 32.5% |
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 J C Martin Jr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #304 of 4,401 | #8 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #158 of 4,466 ▲ 104 | #6 of 52 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #140 of 4,466 ▲ 57 | #5 of 52 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +30.5pp | #144 of 3,998 | #4 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #3,176 of 4,938 | #39 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,999 of 4,622 | #17 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.2% | #4,405 of 4,628 | #13 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #51 of 4,789 | #4 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #591 of 2,838 | #9 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
435
-75 (-15%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 435 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 100% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 29.6 | 15.1:1 | 100% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 31.6 | 15.3:1 | 99% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 98% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 99% (600) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 99% (589) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 36 | 17.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 34 | 19.6:1 | 55% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 800 | 45 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J C Martin Jr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (607 to 435); teachers down 19% (37 to 30).
About J C Martin Jr Elementary School
J C Martin Jr Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in LAREDO, Texas. The school counts 435 students across pre-K through 5.
J C Martin Jr Elementary School is one of 30 schools in LAREDO ISD, which enrolls 20,271 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show J C Martin Jr Elementary School is 98% Hispanic. That is close to the 95% Hispanic share among all Webb County residents. J C Martin Jr Elementary School's diversity index is 3%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at J C Martin Jr Elementary School is 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.5:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. That rate is above the 83% average among public schools in Webb County.
J C Martin Jr Elementary School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
J C Martin Jr Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas are predicted to post 31.2%, so the school is 39.1 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
J C Martin Jr Elementary School is located in Webb County, where the median household income is $63,058, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. J C Martin Jr Elementary School is one of 95 public schools in the county.
Memorial Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of J C Martin Jr Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, J C Martin Jr Elementary School is ahead of the 56.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
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.
Enrollment declined 15% from its 2020-21 level of 510.
The J C Martin Jr Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
- Memorial Middle School0.2 mi · 679
- Bruni Elementary School0.4 mi · 441
- Don Jose Gallego0.5 mi · 557
- Martin High School0.7 mi · 1,975
- Heights Elementary School0.9 mi · 508
- Christen Middle School0.9 mi · 1,115
Frequently asked questions
About J C Martin Jr Elementary SchoolHow many students attend J C Martin Jr Elementary School?
J C Martin Jr Elementary School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades PK-05.
Is J C Martin Jr Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
J C Martin Jr Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does J C Martin Jr Elementary School have?
J C Martin Jr Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at J C Martin Jr Elementary School?
Student demographics at J C Martin Jr Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
What district is J C Martin Jr Elementary School in?
J C Martin Jr Elementary School is part of LAREDO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.