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If you had an hour of school board time for SALINAS EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
854
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365004961
Salinas Elementary School
3611 ALFREDO CANTU DR, LAREDO, TX 78046 · (956) 473-3200 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL854 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
701 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 | 99 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (150).
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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 25.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Salinas Elementary School
Salinas Elementary School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salinas Elementary School this school | 854 | 82.1% | 38.9% |
| Cleckler/Heald Elementary School WESLACO | 909 | 82.5% | 55.0% |
| Ernesto Serna Fine Arts Academy EL PASO | 831 | 83.8% | 33.4% |
| Camino Real Elementary School DALE | 815 | 80.9% | 16.1% |
| Julia Bird Jones Muller Elementary School LAREDO | 768 | 81.8% | 50.3% |
| Benavides Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 818 | 78.9% | 68.1% |
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 Salinas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #2,744 of 4,401 | #50 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,027 of 4,466 ▼ 129 | #49 of 52 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,451 of 4,466 ▲ 57 | #50 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,583 of 3,998 | #39 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 854 | #295 of 4,938 | #1 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #4,150 of 4,622 | #51 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.7% | #4,551 of 4,628 | #37 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.1% | #1,790 of 4,789 | #39 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #1,129 of 1,307 | #6 of 6 |
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
854
+70 (+9%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 933
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 854 | 48.1 | 17.8:1 | 82% (701) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 43.2 | 17.4:1 | 83% (625) |
| 2022-23 | 767 | 43.7 | 17.5:1 | 86% (657) |
| 2020-21 | 784 | 45 | 17.4:1 | 85% (664) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 44.9 | 18.5:1 | 83% (693) |
| 2015-16 | 826 | 47 | 17.6:1 | 81% (673) |
| 2010-11 | 854 | 49 | 17.4:1 | 83% (705) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 78% (539) |
| 1990-91 | 933 | 45 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salinas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (830 to 854); teachers up 7% (44.9 to 48.1).
About Salinas Elementary School
Salinas Elementary School is a large elementary school in UNITED ISD, located in LAREDO, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 854 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 65% higher.
District-wide, UNITED ISD has 51 schools and 40,742 students.
The student body at Salinas Elementary School is 100% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 1%, meaning two students picked at random have a 1% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Salinas Elementary School is 48.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.8:1. That is 2.7 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Around 82% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Webb County average 83%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Salinas Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 38.9% actual, 38.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Census estimates describe Webb County this way: the median household income is $63,058, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Salinas Elementary School, Webb County has 94 other public schools.
Ricardo Molina Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Salinas Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 38.9% is below the 45.7% average for nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Salinas Elementary School is City: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 70 students since 2020-21, to 854.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Salinas Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Salinas Elementary. Salinas Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Salinas Elementary SchoolMISSION, TX · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Ricardo Molina Middle School0.6 mi · 769
- Ligarde Elementary School0.7 mi · 571
- H B Zachry Elementary School0.8 mi · 562
- United South High School0.8 mi · 3,252
- United South Middle School0.9 mi · 869
- Joaquin Cigarroa Middle School1.0 mi · 1,053
Frequently asked questions
About Salinas Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Salinas Elementary School?
Salinas Elementary School enrolls approximately 854 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Salinas Elementary School serve?
Salinas Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Salinas Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Salinas Elementary School is approximately 17.8:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Salinas Elementary School?
Salinas Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 100% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is Salinas Elementary School public or private?
Salinas Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by UNITED ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.