Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365005608
Newman Elementary School
1300 ALTA VISTA, LAREDO, TX 78041 · (956) 473-3800 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
324 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 76 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
2%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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 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 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 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 | 27.0% | 30.0% | 20.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 Newman Elementary School
Newman Elementary School's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newman Elementary School this school | 365 | 88.8% | 52.6% |
| Lotspeich Leadership Academy ROBSTOWN | 368 | 88.9% | 24.8% |
| Clark Elementary School LAREDO | 354 | 89.3% | 55.4% |
| Roberto Garate Elementary School MONTE ALTO | 386 | 88.3% | 33.8% |
| Coldwell Elementary School EL PASO | 354 | 87.9% | 42.1% |
| Las Palmas Leadership School for Girls SAN ANTONIO | 354 | 87.6% | 24.2% |
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 Newman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #1,224 of 4,401 | #23 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,902 of 4,466 ▼ 791 | #36 of 52 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,783 of 4,466 ▼ 486 | #37 of 52 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #683 of 3,998 | #4 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #3,770 of 4,938 | #48 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #803 of 4,622 | #5 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.6% | #4,489 of 4,628 | #22 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #1,203 of 4,789 | #32 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.8% | #118 of 2,838 | #2 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
365
-197 (-35%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 838
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 365 | 28.2 | 13.0:1 | 89% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 29.2 | 13.1:1 | 89% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 89% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 88% (495) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 38 | 17.1:1 | 86% (557) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 85% (482) |
| 2010-11 | 545 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 77% (420) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 70% (390) |
| 1990-91 | 838 | 44 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (649 to 365); teachers down 26% (38 to 28.2).
About Newman Elementary School
Newman Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in LAREDO, Texas. The school has 365 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 30% below average.
Federal data list 51 schools in UNITED ISD, with 40,742 students enrolled.
The share of students at Newman Elementary School who are Hispanic is 99%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 2%.
The school has 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.0 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Of all students at Newman Elementary School, 89% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Newman Elementary School scores 16.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 52.6% actual versus 35.8% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Webb County, median household income comes to about $63,058, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. The county's public schools total 95, with about 63,717 students.
Newman Elementary School's nearest public school is Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo North (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Newman Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Newman Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Newman Elementary School enrolled 562 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 365. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.0:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Newman Elementary School. 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
Other Newman Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Newman Elementary. Newman Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Newman Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 594 students
- Newman Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 246 students
- Newman ElementaryNeedham, MA · 696 students
- Newman ElementaryChino, CA · 427 students
Nearby schools
- Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo North0.4 mi · 131
- Amparo Gutierrez Elementary School0.7 mi · 384
- Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo0.8 mi · 679
- Pierce Elementary School1.1 mi · 662
- Clark Middle School1.1 mi · 543
- Clark Elementary School1.2 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Newman Elementary SchoolHow large is Newman Elementary School?
Newman Elementary School enrolls approximately 365 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Newman Elementary School serve?
Newman Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Newman Elementary School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Newman Elementary School.
How diverse is Newman Elementary School?
Newman Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
What district is Newman Elementary School in?
Newman Elementary School is part of UNITED ISD.
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