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What's the biggest difference between LAURELES EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS FRESNOS CISD·NCES 482829008720
Laureles Elementary School
31393 FM 2893, SAN BENITO, TX 78586 · (956) 254-5141 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
14.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
434 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 65 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 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 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 27.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 54.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 Laureles Elementary School
Laureles Elementary School's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laureles Elementary School this school | 516 | 84.1% | 51.0% |
| Ted Flores Elementary School PEARSALL | 503 | 83.5% | N/A |
| Breeden Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 511 | 83.6% | 52.9% |
| Vista Del Sol Environmental Science EL PASO | 505 | 84.0% | 48.5% |
| Raquel Cavazos Elementary School ALTON | 521 | 85.8% | 40.8% |
| Robert R Rojas Elementary School EL PASO | 490 | 84.7% | 36.8% |
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 Laureles Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,352 of 4,401 | #26 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,514 of 4,466 ▲ 119 | #43 of 93 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,962 of 4,466 ▼ 607 | #51 of 93 ▼ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,197 of 3,998 | #30 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #2,369 of 4,938 | #40 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,208 of 4,622 | #28 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.8% | #4,242 of 4,628 | #40 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #1,632 of 4,789 | #66 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #1,264 of 2,838 | #32 of 64 |
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
516
-106 (-17%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 516 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 84% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 35.8 | 15.2:1 | 86% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 42.2 | 15.1:1 | 90% (575) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 91% (564) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 36.4 | 17.4:1 | 84% (537) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 89% (568) |
| 2010-11 | 711 | 40 | 17.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 59% (322) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laureles Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (636 to 516); teachers down 4% (36.4 to 35).
About Laureles Elementary School
Laureles Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in SAN BENITO, Texas. A federal count lists 516 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
LOS FRESNOS CISD has 14 schools and 10,357 students, and Laureles Elementary School is one of those schools.
About 97% of the student body at Laureles Elementary School is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 3% White. The school's diversity index is 7%, meaning two students picked at random have a 7% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 35 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.7:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligible students account for 84% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Cameron County average 84%.
Laureles Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Laureles Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.0%, compared with a predicted 37.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Cameron County show that the median household income is $52,601, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 21%. There are 187 public schools in Cameron County, enrolling about 97,392 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Liberty Memorial Middle School, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Laureles Elementary School places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 516 students in 2024-25, 106 fewer than the 622 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.3:1 to 14.7:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOS FRESNOS CISD
- Los Fresnos High SchoolHigh · 3,285 students
- Resaca Middle SchoolMiddle · 870 students
- Los Cuates Middle SchoolMiddle · 825 students
- Rancho Verde Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- Liberty Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Palmer-Laakso Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
Other schools in SAN BENITO
- San Benito High SchoolHigh · 2,057 students
- South Texas ISD Rising Scholars AcademyMiddle · 781 students
- IDEA College Preparatory San BenitoHigh · 780 students
- Berta Cabaza Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- IDEA Academy San BenitoElementary · 685 students
- Liberty Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Memorial Middle School0.2 mi · 673
- Los Cuates Middle School2.7 mi · 825
- Los Fresnos Elementary School2.8 mi · 549
- Palmer-Laakso Elementary School3.0 mi · 582
- Lopez-Riggins Elementary School3.4 mi · 467
- Los Fresnos High School3.5 mi · 3,285
Frequently asked questions
About Laureles Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Laureles Elementary School?
Laureles Elementary School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades PK-05.
Is Laureles Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Laureles Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Laureles Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Laureles Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Laureles Elementary School?
At Laureles Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Laureles Elementary School?
Laureles Elementary School is overseen by LOS FRESNOS CISD in Cameron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.