Sigifredo Perez Elementary School
Public elementary school in Laredo, Texas · United ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Sigifredo Perez Elementary School serves 588 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Laredo (Webb County). It is one of 51 schools in United ISD. By enrollment it is the 1703rd largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 14.4 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 40.95 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 | 484365006339 |
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 | 588 | 40,742 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 14.4 | 15.8 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 91% | 75% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 42% 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.
Sigifredo Perez Elementary School in context
Size
Sigifredo Perez Elementary School is the 19th largest of United ISD's 30 elementary schools; its 588 students are 1.4% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.1 miles away and have a median of 777 students, so Sigifredo Perez 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 2 with 95 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 67, against an average of 84 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 88 in kindergarten and 85 in grade 5. It also enrolls 67 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
All of its students are reported as Hispanic.
91% 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
Sigifredo Perez Elementary School has 40.95 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 588 students would have about 39.7 teachers, so Sigifredo Perez Elementary School has 1.3 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 Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School, 0.6 miles away in the same district. There are 19 elementary schools within 5 miles and 40 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.8% |
| White | 0.2% |
50% of students are girls and 50% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 67 |
| Kindergarten | 88 |
| Grade 1 | 93 |
| Grade 2 | 95 |
| Grade 3 | 76 |
| Grade 4 | 84 |
| Grade 5 | 85 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
500 Sierra Vista Dr., Laredo, TX 78043
Phone: (956)473-3600
Website: uisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Sigifredo Perez Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodolfo C Centeno Elementary School | United ISD | 0.6 mi | 824 | 16.4 | 87.5% |
| Prada Elementary School | United ISD | 0.7 mi | 788 | 16.2 | 93.7% |
| John W Arndt Elementary School | United ISD | 0.7 mi | 766 | 15.9 | 94.5% |
| Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School | United ISD | 0.9 mi | 612 | 15.3 | 97.2% |
| Veterans Memorial Elementary School | United ISD | 1.4 mi | 815 | 16.6 | 91.9% |
| Salinas Elementary School | United ISD | 1.7 mi | 854 | 17.8 | 82.1% |
| Ligarde Elementary School | Laredo ISD | 1.9 mi | 571 | 15.8 | 96.7% |
| H B Zachry Elementary School | Laredo ISD | 2.0 mi | 562 | 15.9 | 95.4% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.