📍 2901 e Travis St, Laredo, Webb County, 78043
F S Lara Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Laredo, Webb County. The school has 88 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sylvia Moreno. It is part of the Laredo Isd school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.5:1. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
F S Lara Academy enrolls 88 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 88 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
88 of the school's 88 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 87 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
F S Lara Academy 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.
F S Lara Academy 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 88 students, F S Lara Academy 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