Henry Cuellar Elementary School
Public elementary school in Laredo, Texas · United ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Henry Cuellar Elementary School serves 430 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Laredo (Webb County). It is one of 51 schools in United ISD. By enrollment it is the 3210th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 12.1 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | United ISD |
| County | Webb County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484365008407 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | United ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 430 | 40,742 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 12.1 | 15.8 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 94.4% | 75% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 10% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Henry Cuellar Elementary School in context
Size
Henry Cuellar Elementary School is the 25th largest of United ISD's 30 elementary schools; its 430 students are 1.1% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.8 miles away and have a median of 641 students, so Henry Cuellar Elementary School is smaller than most of them.
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 5 with 71 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 38, against an average of 61 per grade. This year grade 5 has 29% more students than kindergarten (71 against 55). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 38 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
All of its students are reported as Hispanic.
94.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 75% across United ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary 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
Henry Cuellar Elementary School has 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 430 students would have about 29.1 teachers, so Henry Cuellar Elementary School has 6.3 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other elementary school is Radcliffe & Sue Killam Elementary School, 0.9 miles away in the same district. There are 27 elementary schools within 5 miles and 48 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.5% |
| Black | 0.2% |
| White | 0.2% |
47.9% of students are girls and 52.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 38 |
| Kindergarten | 55 |
| Grade 1 | 69 |
| Grade 2 | 65 |
| Grade 3 | 66 |
| Grade 4 | 66 |
| Grade 5 | 71 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
6431 Casa Del Sol Blvd, Laredo, TX 78041
Phone: (956)473-2700
Website: uisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Henry Cuellar Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radcliffe & Sue Killam Elementary School | United ISD | 0.9 mi | 631 | 15 | 90% |
| Judith Zaffirini Elementary School | United ISD | 2.2 mi | 618 | 15.9 | 82.5% |
| Milton Elementary School | Laredo ISD | 2.8 mi | 651 | 15.5 | 94.6% |
| D D Hachar Elementary School | Laredo ISD | 2.8 mi | 443 | 15.3 | 96.4% |
| Ryan Elementary School | Laredo ISD | 2.9 mi | 834 | 17.4 | 86.9% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo | Harmony Public Schools - South Texas | 3.0 mi | 679 | 17.3 | 88.5% |
| Bonnie L Garcia Elementary School | United ISD | 3.2 mi | 631 | 16.6 | 76.7% |
| Freedom Elementary School | United ISD | 3.3 mi | 651 | 15.5 | 88.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.