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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the JOHN W ARNDT EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
766
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365008409
JOHN W ARNDT EL
610 SANTA MARTA BLVD, LAREDO, TX 78046 · (956) 473-2800 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL766 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
724 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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
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% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
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 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 38 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 15 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
766
-28 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.9:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
99%
was 100%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JOHN W ARNDT EL
JOHN W ARNDT EL, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in LAREDO, Texas, part of UNITED ISD, caters to 766 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 48% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
JOHN W ARNDT EL is one of 51 schools operated by UNITED ISD, a district that serves 40,742 students overall.
In terms of who attends, JOHN W ARNDT EL lists that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at JOHN W ARNDT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Webb County's rate of about 83%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOHN W ARNDT EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.6%; JOHN W ARNDT EL posts 47.6%, +15.0 points above that line.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Webb County put median household earnings sit near $63,058, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Webb County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), JOHN W ARNDT EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: PRADA EL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JOHN W ARNDT EL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.4%.
JOHN W ARNDT EL operates from a downtown location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOHN W ARNDT EL has declined 4%, going from 794 students in 2018 to 766 in 2025.
On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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
- PRADA EL0.4 mi · 788
- YOUTH RECOVERY HOME0.5 mi · 15
- TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-LAREDO SOUTH0.6 mi · 129
- SIGIFREDO PEREZ EL0.7 mi · 588
- RODOLFO C CENTENO EL1.0 mi · 824
- LOS OBISPOS MIDDLE1.5 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN W ARNDT ELWhat is the total enrollment at JOHN W ARNDT EL?
JOHN W ARNDT EL enrolls approximately 766 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does JOHN W ARNDT EL serve?
JOHN W ARNDT EL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOHN W ARNDT EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOHN W ARNDT EL is approximately 15.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is JOHN W ARNDT EL?
JOHN W ARNDT EL reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is JOHN W ARNDT EL in?
JOHN W ARNDT EL is part of UNITED ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.