F S Lara Academy
Public high school in Laredo, Texas · Laredo ISD · Grades 6–12
F S Lara Academy serves 85 students in grades 6–12 in Laredo (Webb County). It is one of 29 schools in Laredo ISD. By enrollment it is the 1640th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 4.6 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 18.64 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Laredo ISD |
| County | Webb County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482679007475 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Laredo ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 85 | 20,271 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 4.6 | 14.2 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 98.8% | 97.1% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 3% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
F S Lara Academy in context
Size
F S Lara Academy is the smallest of Laredo ISD's 5 high schools; its 85 students are 0.4% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 532; F S Lara Academy is smaller than most of them.
NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 9 with 28 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 3, against an average of 12 per grade. This year grade 12 has 333% more students than grade 6 (13 against 3). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
All of its students are reported as Hispanic.
98.8% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 97.1% across Laredo ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 18.64 full-time-equivalent teachers for 85 students, F S Lara Academy has 4.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 85 students would have about 6.1 teachers, so F S Lara Academy has 12.5 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
F S Lara Academy is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Nixon High School, 0.6 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 16 other high schools, 10 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 100% |
23.5% of students are girls and 76.5% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 3 |
| Grade 7 | 7 |
| Grade 8 | 7 |
| Grade 9 | 28 |
| Grade 10 | 19 |
| Grade 11 | 8 |
| Grade 12 | 13 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2901 E Travis St, Laredo, TX 78043
Phone: (956)273-7900
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: F S Lara Academy. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nixon High School | Laredo ISD | 0.6 mi | 2,124 | 13.8 | 95.6% |
| Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo North | Triumph Public High Schools Central Texas | 1.4 mi | 131 | 19 | – |
| Premier H S of Laredo | Premier High Schools | 1.7 mi | 138 | 16.5 | 97.8% |
| Texasworks - Laredo | Texas Works | 1.7 mi | 57 | 167.6 | – |
| Harmony School of Excellence - Laredo | Harmony Public Schools - South Texas | 2.1 mi | 671 | 16 | 88.5% |
| Martin High School | Laredo ISD | 2.5 mi | 1,975 | 13.5 | 99.9% |
| Hector J Garcia Early College High School | Laredo ISD | 3.3 mi | 392 | 20.6 | 89.8% |
| United South High School | United ISD | 3.7 mi | 3,252 | 16.8 | 82.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.