📍 1300 Alta Vista, Laredo, Webb County, 78041
Newman el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Laredo, Webb County. The school has 392 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Imelda Flores. It is part of the United Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Newman el enrolls 392 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 389 | 99% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
349 of the school's 392 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 349 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.
Newman 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.
Newman 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 392 students, Newman el is smaller than the district average of about 799 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large