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RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL
RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in LAREDO, Texas, run under UNITED ISD. Current enrollment sits at 631 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 519.
UNITED ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 40,742 students. RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Webb County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.6%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of +7.0 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Webb County put the typical household earns roughly $63,058 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Webb County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), of which RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL is one.
The closest other public school is HENRY CUELLAR EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.6%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. RADCLIFFE & SUE KILLAM EL's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 695 (now 631). Class-load math has tightened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.
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