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Enrollment
3,252
High
DISTRICT 1,667 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365006922
United South High School
4001 AVE LOS PRESIDENTES, LAREDO, TX 78046 · (956) 473-5400 · Webb County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,252 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of Texas public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
194 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
2,676 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 825 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 833 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 756 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 838 | 26% |
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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 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 | 11.0% | 46.0% | 19.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 41.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 United South High School
United South High School's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| United South High School this school | 3,252 | 82.3% | 59.0% |
| Edinburg North High School EDINBURG | 2,542 | 80.8% | 47.6% |
| Socorro High School EL PASO | 2,579 | 84.5% | 48.3% |
| Edinburg High School EDINBURG | 2,267 | 84.3% | 48.2% |
| Los Fresnos High School LOS FRESNOS | 3,285 | 77.5% | 61.1% |
| San Benito High School SAN BENITO | 2,057 | 81.1% | 28.0% |
Matched among Texas high 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 United South High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #526 of 1,385 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #168 of 1,425 ▲ 25 | #4 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #747 of 1,425 ▼ 43 | #4 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.0pp | #350 of 1,184 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,252 | #53 of 2,107 | #2 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,035 of 1,344 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.9% | #1,329 of 1,346 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.3% | #351 of 1,522 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #548 of 557 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
3,252
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+301% since 1990-91, when it was 811
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 3,252 | 193.9 | 16.8:1 | 82% (2,676) |
| 2023-24 | 3,252 | 189.6 | 17.1:1 | 85% (2,757) |
| 2022-23 | 3,243 | 192.5 | 16.9:1 | 85% (2,761) |
| 2020-21 | 3,254 | 196 | 16.6:1 | 86% (2,787) |
| 2017-18 | 3,262 | 189.9 | 17.2:1 | 86% (2,799) |
| 2015-16 | 3,299 | 184 | 17.9:1 | 85% (2,806) |
| 2010-11 | 2,684 | 170 | 15.8:1 | 82% (2,200) |
| 2000-01 | 2,515 | 171 | 14.7:1 | 84% (2,123) |
| 1990-91 | 811 | 49 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for United South High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (3,262 to 3,252); teachers up 2% (189.9 to 193.9).
About United South High School
United South High School, located in LAREDO, Texas, is a large high school. It reports enrollment of 3,252 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 309% larger than the average for high schools in Texas.
UNITED ISD is responsible for 51 schools, United South High School included, with 40,742 students in all.
Hispanic students account for 100% of the school's enrollment. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 1, compared with 70 nationally.
United South High School reports a ratio of 16.8 students per teacher, from 193.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Lunch program data show 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Webb County average a similar 83%.
On the allk12 Grade, United South High School lands at A-, ahead of 77% of Texas public high schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, United South High School does better than predicted by 20.4 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.0%; the prediction is 38.5%.
The school's county is Webb County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $63,058 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. United South High School shares Webb County with 94 other public schools.
United South Middle School sits about 0.4 miles from United South High School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, United South High School is 1st on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 3,254 in 2020-21 and 3,252 in 2024-25.
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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
- 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
- United South Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
Other schools in LAREDO
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 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
- Dr Leo Cigarroa High SchoolHigh · 1,379 students
Nearby schools
- United South Middle School0.4 mi · 869
- Ruiz Elementary School0.5 mi · 660
- Salinas Elementary School0.8 mi · 854
- H B Zachry Elementary School0.9 mi · 562
- Bonnie L Garcia Elementary School0.9 mi · 631
- Ligarde Elementary School1.0 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About United South High SchoolHow large is United South High School?
United South High School enrolls approximately 3,252 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does United South High School serve?
United South High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at United South High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at United South High School is approximately 16.8:1 (194 FTE teachers).
How diverse is United South High School?
United South High School reports a student body of 0% White, 100% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is United South High School in?
United South High School is part of UNITED ISD.
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