VETERANS MEMORIAL EL

VETERANS MEMORIAL EL is one of the sprawling K-5 schools in LAREDO, Texas, overseen by UNITED ISD, with 815 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so VETERANS MEMORIAL EL sits 57% bigger than that benchmark.

UNITED ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 40,742 students. VETERANS MEMORIAL EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, VETERANS MEMORIAL EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%).

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, VETERANS MEMORIAL EL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at VETERANS MEMORIAL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Webb County runs at roughly 83%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, VETERANS MEMORIAL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.8%, the actual is 42.4%, a residual of +8.7 points.

In the broader community, Webb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,058 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Across Webb County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), VETERANS MEMORIAL EL is one campus in the mix.

LAMAR BRUNI VERGARA MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VETERANS MEMORIAL EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VETERANS MEMORIAL EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VETERANS MEMORIAL EL has climbed 3%, going from 789 students in 2018 to 815 in 2025.

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