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Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679003022
Macdonell Elementary School
1606 BENAVIDES, LAREDO, TX 78040 · (956) 273-4000 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
420 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 | 43 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
2%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
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +62.0pp 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 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 62 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 42.0% | 23.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+36.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% 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 36 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 Macdonell Elementary School
Macdonell Elementary School's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macdonell Elementary School this school | 426 | 98.6% | 67.7% |
| Russell Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 418 | 97.8% | 43.1% |
| Bruni Elementary School LAREDO | 441 | 98.4% | 47.4% |
| Smith Elementary School RAYMONDVILLE | 431 | 98.8% | 56.4% |
| Capistrano Elementary School EL PASO | 415 | 97.8% | 22.8% |
| John & Olive Hinojosa Elementary School RIO GRANDE CITY | 441 | 99.1% | 30.2% |
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 Macdonell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #387 of 4,401 | #10 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #424 of 4,466 ▼ 254 | #11 of 52 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,643 of 4,466 ▼ 1,001 | #33 of 52 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +34.0pp | #93 of 3,998 | #2 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #3,266 of 4,938 | #41 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,012 of 4,622 | #6 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.9% | #4,474 of 4,628 | #16 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #121 of 4,789 | #9 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #1,095 of 2,838 | #20 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
426
-40 (-9%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 426 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 99% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 32.4 | 15.2:1 | 99% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 30.1 | 15.6:1 | 98% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 98% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 99% (536) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 98% (610) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 39 | 17.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 19 | 20.2:1 | 61% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 327 | 24 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Macdonell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (539 to 426); teachers down 14% (37 to 32).
About Macdonell Elementary School
Federal records list Macdonell Elementary School as an elementary school in LAREDO, Texas. The school serves 426 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
LAREDO ISD is the district for Macdonell Elementary School. It has 30 schools and 20,271 students.
Most students at Macdonell Elementary School are Hispanic: 99% of enrollment. By the diversity index, Macdonell Elementary School comes in at 2%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.3:1, with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Roughly 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Webb County average 83%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 67.7%, is 36.1 points above the 31.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Texas schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Webb County, median household income is about $63,058, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. The public schools of Webb County number 95 and enroll about 63,717.
The nearest public school is Christen Middle School, at about 0.4 miles. Macdonell Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 67.7% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Macdonell Elementary School went from 466 students to 426.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Christen Middle School0.4 mi · 1,115
- Martin High School0.5 mi · 1,975
- Bruni Elementary School0.6 mi · 441
- Leyendecker Elementary School0.6 mi · 406
- Dovalina Elementary School0.6 mi · 399
- J C Martin Jr Elementary School0.9 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Macdonell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Macdonell Elementary School?
Macdonell Elementary School enrolls approximately 426 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Macdonell Elementary School serve?
Macdonell Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Macdonell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Macdonell Elementary School is approximately 13.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Macdonell Elementary School?
At Macdonell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
What district is Macdonell Elementary School in?
Macdonell Elementary School is part of LAREDO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.