UNITED H S

UNITED H S is a roomy secondary school in LAREDO, Texas, part of UNITED ISD. The school caters to 3,463 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 335% above the state mean of about 796.

UNITED ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 40,742 students; UNITED H S is among them.

In terms of who attends, UNITED H S logs that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, UNITED H S records 211 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at UNITED H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Webb County's rate of about 83%.

With demographic context factored in, UNITED H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.2%; actual is 72.5%, +24.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Webb County put median household earnings sit near $63,058, 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 UNITED H S is one.

The closest other public school is SAN ISIDRO EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, UNITED H S comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 61.0%.

UNITED H S operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. UNITED H S's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 4,389 (now 3,463). Class-load math has tightened: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the UNITED H S community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.