YOUTH VILLAGE DETENTION CENTER

YOUTH VILLAGE DETENTION CENTER is an one-room-style high school in LAREDO, Texas, overseen by UNITED ISD. The school hosts 16 students in grades 7 through 11. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so YOUTH VILLAGE DETENTION CENTER sits 98% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, YOUTH VILLAGE DETENTION CENTER shows that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 6% White. That composition is broadly in line with Webb County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, YOUTH VILLAGE DETENTION CENTER has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 2.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Webb County runs at roughly 83%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Webb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,058 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Webb County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), YOUTH VILLAGE DETENTION CENTER is one campus in the mix.

JUVENILLE JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 16 students in 2018 compared to 16 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 3.6:1 in 2018 to 2.2:1 today.

On this page, members of the YOUTH VILLAGE DETENTION CENTER community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.