NEWMAN EL

NEWMAN EL operates as an intimate primary school in LAREDO, Texas, operated by UNITED ISD. Current enrollment sits at 365 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 51 schools in UNITED ISD (40,742 students total), NEWMAN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEWMAN EL shows that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at NEWMAN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NEWMAN EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.1%; actual is 49.7%, +14.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Webb County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,058, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NEWMAN EL is one of 95 public schools in Webb County (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students).

Nearest neighbor: TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-LAREDO NORTH, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEWMAN EL. On composite proficiency, NEWMAN EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 44%: 649 students in 2018 compared to 365 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the NEWMAN EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.