1
What's the vibe like in the hallways at VETERANS MEMORIAL EL right now?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
815
Elementary
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365013304
Veterans Memorial Elementary School
5909 ST LUKE BLVD, LAREDO, TX 78046 · (956) 473-1200 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL815 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
749 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 | 90 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
2%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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 29.0% | 23.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Veterans Memorial Elementary School
Veterans Memorial Elementary School's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Memorial Elementary School this school | 815 | 91.9% | 44.4% |
| Prada Elementary School LAREDO | 788 | 93.7% | 44.6% |
| A N Rico Elementary School WESLACO | 780 | 89.4% | 43.3% |
| John W Arndt Elementary School LAREDO | 766 | 94.5% | 45.9% |
| V M Adams Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 732 | 91.7% | 30.6% |
| Scarborough Elementary School HOUSTON | 790 | 94.4% | 39.6% |
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 Veterans Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #2,035 of 4,401 | #43 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,350 of 4,466 ▼ 166 | #43 of 52 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,993 of 4,466 ▼ 439 | #43 of 52 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,153 of 3,998 | #7 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 815 | #400 of 4,938 | #4 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #3,689 of 4,622 | #47 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.7% | #4,482 of 4,628 | #19 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #855 of 4,789 | #26 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #1,098 of 1,307 | #5 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
815
+34 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 815 | 49 | 16.6:1 | 92% (749) |
| 2023-24 | 807 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 93% (752) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 45.5 | 17.1:1 | 92% (720) |
| 2020-21 | 781 | 49 | 15.9:1 | 90% (705) |
| 2017-18 | 789 | 48.1 | 16.4:1 | 91% (716) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 95% (659) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Veterans Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (789 to 815); teachers up 2% (48.1 to 49).
About Veterans Memorial Elementary School
Veterans Memorial Elementary School is a large elementary school in LAREDO, Texas. Total enrollment is 815 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. It has 57% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
UNITED ISD counts 51 schools and 40,742 students, including Veterans Memorial Elementary School.
Roughly 99% of students at Veterans Memorial Elementary School are Hispanic. The diversity index for Veterans Memorial Elementary School is 2%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The school has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. In all, 92% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 83% average for public schools in Webb County, the school's rate is higher.
Veterans Memorial Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.4%, compared with a predicted 34.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Webb County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $63,058, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Veterans Memorial Elementary School shares Webb County with 94 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Veterans Memorial Elementary School is closest to Lamar Bruni Vergara Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Veterans Memorial Elementary School places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 4% gain took enrollment from 781 in 2020-21 to 815 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Veterans Memorial Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Veterans Memorial Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Veterans Memorial Elementary. Veterans Memorial Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolROMA, TX · 458 students
- VETERANS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 721 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolBRICK, NJ · 619 students
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolBreinigsville, PA · 451 students
- Veterans Memorial ElementaryCentral Falls, RI · 406 students
Nearby schools
- Lamar Bruni Vergara Middle School0.1 mi · 757
- Lyndon B Johnson0.4 mi · 3,240
- Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School1.2 mi · 612
- Los Obispos Middle School1.3 mi · 620
- Sigifredo Perez Elementary School1.4 mi · 588
- Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo South1.5 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Veterans Memorial Elementary School?
Veterans Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 815 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Veterans Memorial Elementary School serve?
Veterans Memorial Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Veterans Memorial Elementary School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Veterans Memorial Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Veterans Memorial Elementary School?
At Veterans Memorial Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
What district is Veterans Memorial Elementary School in?
Veterans Memorial Elementary School is part of UNITED ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.