📍 1717 Ave los Presidentes, Laredo, Webb County, 78043
Ruiz el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Laredo, Webb County. The school has 713 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Monica Zepeda. It is part of the United Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ruiz el enrolls 713 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 710 | 100% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
605 of the school's 713 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 605 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.
Ruiz 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.
Ruiz el is one of 51 schools in UNITED ISD, based in LAREDO, Texas. The district serves 40,742 students district-wide and employs 2,514 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 713 students, Ruiz el is close to the district average of about 799 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large