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Which teacher or staff member at UNITED H S deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
3,463
High
DISTRICT 1,667 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED ISD·NCES 484365004962
UNITED H S
2811 UNITED AVE, LAREDO, TX 78045 · (956) 473-5600 · Webb County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,463 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
211 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
2,036 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
74.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +47.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 47 points.
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
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% 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 24 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
3,463
-926 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 19.3:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
98%
was 98%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About UNITED H S
UNITED H S is a roomy secondary school in LAREDO, Texas, part of UNITED ISD. The school caters to 3,463 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 335% above the state mean of about 796.
UNITED ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 40,742 students; UNITED H S is among them.
In terms of who attends, UNITED H S logs that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, UNITED H S records 211 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at UNITED H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Webb County's rate of about 83%.
With demographic context factored in, UNITED H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.2%; actual is 72.5%, +24.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Webb County put median household earnings sit near $63,058, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Webb County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), of which UNITED H S is one.
The closest other public school is SAN ISIDRO EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, UNITED H S comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 61.0%.
UNITED H S operates from a high-density location.
Trend over the last 7 years. UNITED H S's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 4,389 (now 3,463). Class-load math has tightened: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, members of the UNITED H S community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 SOUTH H SHigh · 3,252 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSONHigh · 3,240 students
- JOHN B ALEXANDER H SHigh · 3,171 students
- ELIAS HERRERA MIDDLEMiddle · 1,146 students
- UNITED MIDDLEMiddle · 999 students
- UNITED SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 869 students
Other schools in LAREDO
- UNITED SOUTH H SHigh · 3,252 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSONHigh · 3,240 students
- JOHN B ALEXANDER H SHigh · 3,171 students
- NIXON H SHigh · 2,124 students
- MARTIN H SHigh · 1,975 students
- DR LEO CIGARROA H SHigh · 1,379 students
Nearby schools
- SAN ISIDRO EL0.5 mi · 794
- DR MALAKOFF EL1.4 mi · 599
- CHARLES BORCHERS EL1.5 mi · 456
- MATIAS DE LLANO EL2.1 mi · 453
- ROBERTO J SANTOS EL2.2 mi · 584
- ELIAS HERRERA MIDDLE2.3 mi · 1,146
Frequently asked questions
About UNITED H SHow large is UNITED H S?
UNITED H S enrolls approximately 3,463 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does UNITED H S serve?
UNITED H S serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does UNITED H S have?
UNITED H S employs 211 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at UNITED H S?
At UNITED H S, the student body is approximately 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is UNITED H S public or private?
UNITED H S is a public K-12 school, overseen by UNITED ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.