RAUL PERALES MIDDLE

RAUL PERALES MIDDLE, a reasonably sized junior high in LAREDO, Texas, operated by UNITED ISD, enrolls 648 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

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

In terms of who attends, RAUL PERALES MIDDLE lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%).

Looking at the economic backdrop, RAUL PERALES MIDDLE lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting RAUL PERALES MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RAUL PERALES MIDDLE sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 38.6%; actual is 53.7%, +15.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Webb County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,058 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Webb County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), of which RAUL PERALES MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: FREEDOM EL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RAUL PERALES MIDDLE at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 48.2%.

RAUL PERALES MIDDLE operates from an inner-city location.

Inside the community feed, members of the RAUL PERALES MIDDLE community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.