Nixon High School
Public high school in Laredo, Texas · Laredo ISD · Grades 9–12
Nixon High School serves 2,124 students in grades 9–12 in Laredo (Webb County). It is one of 29 schools in Laredo ISD. By enrollment it is the 286th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 13.8 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 153.74 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Laredo ISD |
| County | Webb County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482679003025 |
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 | 2,124 | 20,271 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 95.6% | 97.1% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 48% 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.
Nixon High School in context
Size
Nixon High School is the largest of Laredo ISD's 5 high schools; its 2,124 students are 10.5% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.5 miles away and have a median of 405 students, so Nixon High School is larger 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 9 with 581 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 492, against an average of 531 per grade. This year grade 12 has 15% fewer students than grade 9 (492 against 581). 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
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 99.4% of enrollment, about the same share as across Laredo ISD (99.6%).
95.6% of students qualify 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
Nixon High School has 153.74 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 2,124 students would have about 151.7 teachers, so Nixon High School has 2 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
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 high school is F S Lara Academy, 0.6 miles away in the same district. There are 11 high schools within 5 miles and 16 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.4% |
| White | 0.6% |
48.9% of students are girls and 51.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 581 |
| Grade 10 | 534 |
| Grade 11 | 517 |
| Grade 12 | 492 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2000 Plum, Laredo, TX 78043
Phone: (956)273-7400
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Nixon High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F S Lara Academy | Laredo ISD | 0.6 mi | 85 | 4.6 | 98.8% |
| Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo North | Triumph Public High Schools Central Texas | 1.3 mi | 131 | 19 | – |
| Premier H S of Laredo | Premier High Schools | 1.4 mi | 138 | 16.5 | 97.8% |
| Texasworks - Laredo | Texas Works | 1.4 mi | 57 | 167.6 | – |
| Harmony School of Excellence - Laredo | Harmony Public Schools - South Texas | 1.6 mi | 671 | 16 | 88.5% |
| Martin High School | Laredo ISD | 1.9 mi | 1,975 | 13.5 | 99.9% |
| Dr. Leo Cigarroa High School | Laredo ISD | 3.6 mi | 1,379 | 11.8 | 95.8% |
| 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.