📍 1510 Chicago St, Laredo, Webb County, 78041
Farias el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Laredo, Webb County. The school has 563 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Vanessa Ortegon. It is part of the Laredo Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Farias el enrolls 563 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 557 | 99% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
561 of the school's 563 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 561 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Farias el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 21, state house district 42.
Farias el is one of 30 schools in LAREDO ISD, based in LAREDO, Texas. The district serves 20,271 students district-wide and employs 1,415 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 563 students, Farias el is smaller than the district average of about 676 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large