YOUTH RECOVERY HOME

YOUTH RECOVERY HOME is one of the one-room-style 9-12 campuss in LAREDO, Texas, part of UNITED ISD, with 15 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 11. That puts it 98% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within UNITED ISD, which oversees 51 schools and 40,742 students, YOUTH RECOVERY HOME is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, YOUTH RECOVERY HOME shows that 80% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 13% White, 7% Black. That is considerably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 95%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible 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.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Webb County indicate median household income runs about $63,058, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Webb County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), of which YOUTH RECOVERY HOME is one.

The closest other public school is JOHN W ARNDT EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 15 students in 2018 compared to 15 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 0% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 5.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.