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Enrollment
620
Middle
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365007477
Los Obispos Middle School
4801 S EJIDO AVE, LAREDO, TX 78046 · (956) 473-7800 · Webb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL620 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
576 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 181 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 206 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 233 | 38% |
Student demographics
0%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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 39.0% | 20.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 17 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 Los Obispos Middle School
Los Obispos Middle School's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Obispos Middle School this school | 620 | 92.9% | 51.5% |
| Ann Richards Middle School MISSION | 665 | 92.9% | 45.5% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Laredo LAREDO | 659 | 92.3% | 46.5% |
| A P Solis Middle School DONNA | 646 | 91.3% | 54.5% |
| Ramiro Barrera Middle School RIO GRANDE CITY | 564 | 93.3% | 40.6% |
| W A Todd Middle School DONNA | 670 | 91.5% | 43.0% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Los Obispos Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #458 of 1,635 | #5 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #249 of 1,670 ▲ 84 | #1 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #586 of 1,670 ▲ 19 | #7 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.5pp | #344 of 1,570 | #5 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 620 | #891 of 1,749 | #14 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #784 of 1,542 | #7 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.0% | #1,543 of 1,543 | #18 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #165 of 1,648 | #6 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.3% | #92 of 942 | #4 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
620
-330 (-35%) vs 2020
-42% since 2000-01, when it was 1,067
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 620 | 42.3 | 14.7:1 | 93% (576) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 44.9 | 14.7:1 | 94% (621) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 47.7 | 15.0:1 | 94% (675) |
| 2020-21 | 950 | 61 | 15.6:1 | 95% (907) |
| 2017-18 | 943 | 60.9 | 15.5:1 | 95% (893) |
| 2015-16 | 960 | 62 | 15.5:1 | 96% (918) |
| 2010-11 | 924 | 60 | 15.4:1 | 97% (892) |
| 2000-01 | 1,067 | 75 | 14.2:1 | 92% (982) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Obispos Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (943 to 620); teachers down 31% (60.9 to 42.3).
About Los Obispos Middle School
At 4801 S EJIDO AVE in LAREDO, Texas, Los Obispos Middle School operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 620 students in 2024-25.
Los Obispos Middle School is one school in a 51-school district, UNITED ISD, which enrolls 40,742 students.
At Los Obispos Middle School, 100% of students are Hispanic. The diversity index for Los Obispos Middle School is 0%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Los Obispos Middle School reported 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.7:1. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is close to this figure. There are 576 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 93% of enrollment. That rate is above the 83% average among public schools in Webb County.
Los Obispos Middle School outperforms its prediction by 17.5 points. The model expects 34.0% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas; the school's rate is 51.5%.
For Webb County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $63,058, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 19%. The county has 95 public schools and about 63,717 students.
Los Obispos Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Los Obispos Middle School is ahead of the 48.4% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
Los Obispos Middle School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 620, down from 950 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School0.2 mi · 612
- Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School0.6 mi · 824
- Ricardo Molina Middle School0.7 mi · 769
- Sigifredo Perez Elementary School0.8 mi · 588
- Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo South0.9 mi · 129
- Lyndon B Johnson1.1 mi · 3,240
Frequently asked questions
About Los Obispos Middle SchoolHow many students attend Los Obispos Middle School?
Los Obispos Middle School enrolls approximately 620 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Los Obispos Middle School serve?
Los Obispos Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Los Obispos Middle School have?
Los Obispos Middle School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
How diverse is Los Obispos Middle School?
Los Obispos Middle School reports a student body of 100% Hispanic.
Is Los Obispos Middle School public or private?
Los Obispos Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by UNITED ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.