SANTA MARIA EL

Located at 3817 SANTA MARIA, in LAREDO, Texas, SANTA MARIA EL is a reasonably sized K-5 school that teaches 465 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of LAREDO ISD.

SANTA MARIA EL is one of 30 schools operated by LAREDO ISD, a district that serves 20,271 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SANTA MARIA EL reports that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

On the income-and-resources front, SANTA MARIA EL shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Webb County's rate of about 83%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SANTA MARIA EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.5%; this one delivers 45.6%, a residual of +15.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Webb County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,058 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Across Webb County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), SANTA MARIA EL is one campus in the mix.

FARIAS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SANTA MARIA EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 30%: 666 students in 2018 compared to 465 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.