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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at JUDITH ZAFFIRINI EL this year?
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Enrollment
618
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365008406
Judith Zaffirini Elementary School
5210 SANTA CLAUDIA LN, LAREDO, TX 78046 · (956) 473-2900 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% 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.
- 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.
- C+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
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
510 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 121 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 33.0% | 21.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 32.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 42.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Judith Zaffirini Elementary School
Judith Zaffirini Elementary School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judith Zaffirini Elementary School this school | 618 | 82.5% | 47.5% |
| Lloyd & Dolly Bentsen Elementary School MCALLEN | 611 | 81.3% | 49.3% |
| Cash Elementary School SAN BENITO | 611 | 82.2% | 49.4% |
| Dr Fermin Calderon Elementary School DEL RIO | 623 | 84.9% | 32.8% |
| Alfred Sorensen Elementary School SAN JUAN | 583 | 84.6% | 48.1% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School PENITAS | 676 | 83.1% | 46.1% |
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 Judith Zaffirini Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #1,688 of 4,401 | #35 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,545 of 4,466 ▲ 21 | #31 of 52 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,297 of 4,466 ▲ 77 | #26 of 52 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,584 of 3,998 | #40 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 618 | #1,474 of 4,938 | #20 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,258 of 4,622 | #36 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #4,379 of 4,628 | #10 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #1,766 of 4,789 | #38 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.2% | #707 of 1,307 | #2 of 6 |
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
618
+31 (+5%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 965
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 618 | 38.8 | 15.9:1 | 83% (510) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 38.7 | 15.6:1 | 83% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 36.6 | 17.4:1 | 83% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 79% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 36.3 | 15.3:1 | 81% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 1,108 | 62 | 17.9:1 | 88% (974) |
| 2010-11 | 1,108 | 64 | 17.3:1 | 91% (1,011) |
| 2000-01 | 965 | 54 | 17.9:1 | 95% (912) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judith Zaffirini Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (556 to 618); teachers up 7% (36.3 to 38.8).
About Judith Zaffirini Elementary School
Judith Zaffirini Elementary School is a public elementary school in LAREDO, Texas. The school enrolls 618 students in pre-K through 5.
UNITED ISD enrolls 40,742 students, and its 51 schools include Judith Zaffirini Elementary School.
Hispanic students account for 98% of the school's enrollment. Among Webb County residents, the Hispanic share is about 95%. A diversity index of 4% means there is a 4% chance two randomly chosen students at Judith Zaffirini Elementary School are from different groups.
A staff of 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 83%. That is in line with the 83% average for public schools in Webb County.
Judith Zaffirini Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 69% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Judith Zaffirini Elementary School's results are 9.0 points above predicted: 47.5% against 38.5%.
The school is in Webb County, where the median household earns about $63,058 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Across Webb County, 95 public schools serve about 63,717 students.
Judith Zaffirini Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Antonio Gonzalez Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Judith Zaffirini Elementary School at 6th of 9.
NCES assigns Judith Zaffirini Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 5%, from 587 to 618. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.3 to 15.9 over 4 years.
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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 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
- Elias Herrera Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,146 students
- United Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 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
- Antonio Gonzalez Middle School0.3 mi · 664
- Bonnie L Garcia Elementary School0.9 mi · 631
- Ruiz Elementary School1.6 mi · 660
- Raul Perales Middle School1.6 mi · 648
- United South High School1.6 mi · 3,252
- Freedom Elementary School1.7 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Judith Zaffirini Elementary SchoolHow large is Judith Zaffirini Elementary School?
Judith Zaffirini Elementary School enrolls approximately 618 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Judith Zaffirini Elementary School serve?
Judith Zaffirini Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Judith Zaffirini Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Judith Zaffirini Elementary School.
How diverse is Judith Zaffirini Elementary School?
Judith Zaffirini Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Judith Zaffirini Elementary School?
Judith Zaffirini Elementary School is overseen by UNITED ISD in Webb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.