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Alumni: what's one memory from RODOLFO C CENTENO EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
824
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365011084
Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School
2710 LA PITA MANGANA RD, LAREDO, TX 78046 · (956) 473-8800 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL824 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
721 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 95 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
1%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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +40.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 40 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 30.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School
Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School this school | 824 | 87.5% | 47.4% |
| Ryan Elementary School LAREDO | 834 | 86.9% | 75.2% |
| Escontrias Steam Academy EL PASO | 824 | 87.7% | 40.3% |
| North Bridge Elementary School WESLACO | 775 | 87.6% | 43.3% |
| Airport Elementary School WESLACO | 786 | 86.3% | 39.7% |
| A N Rico Elementary School WESLACO | 780 | 89.4% | 43.3% |
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 Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #1,691 of 4,401 | #36 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,442 of 4,466 ▲ 423 | #30 of 52 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,299 of 4,466 ▲ 996 | #28 of 52 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,500 of 3,998 | #20 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 824 | #370 of 4,938 | #3 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,576 of 4,622 | #44 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.2% | #4,518 of 4,628 | #29 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #1,343 of 4,789 | #34 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #2,330 of 2,838 | #41 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
824
-12 (-1%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 915
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 824 | 50.1 | 16.4:1 | 88% (721) |
| 2023-24 | 801 | 47 | 17.0:1 | 89% (715) |
| 2022-23 | 776 | 43.7 | 17.8:1 | 88% (683) |
| 2020-21 | 836 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 91% (761) |
| 2017-18 | 884 | 49.6 | 17.8:1 | 90% (795) |
| 2015-16 | 826 | 49 | 16.9:1 | 95% (783) |
| 2010-11 | 915 | 52 | 17.6:1 | 97% (884) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (884 to 824); teachers up 1% (49.6 to 50.1).
About Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School
Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School is an elementary school in LAREDO, Texas, and it is part of UNITED ISD. It reported 824 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School sits within UNITED ISD, which has 51 schools and 40,742 students.
Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School is 99% Hispanic by enrollment. The diversity index for Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School is 1%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 50.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.4:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 1.3 students per teacher. By family income, 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 77% of Texas public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School is 11.1 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 47.4% actual, 36.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
The school's county is Webb County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $63,058, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. There are 95 public schools in the county, enrolling about 63,717, Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo South is about 0.6 miles from Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 48.2%, higher than Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School's 47.4%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 824, close to the 836 recorded in 2020-21.
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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
Nearby schools
- Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo South0.6 mi · 129
- Sigifredo Perez Elementary School0.6 mi · 588
- Los Obispos Middle School0.6 mi · 620
- Ricardo Molina Middle School0.7 mi · 769
- Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School0.8 mi · 612
- Youth Recovery Home0.9 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School?
Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School enrolls approximately 824 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School have?
Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School?
Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
Who oversees Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School?
Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School is overseen by UNITED ISD in Webb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.