Youth Recovery Home
Public high school in Laredo, Texas · United ISD · Grades 8–11
Youth Recovery Home serves 15 students in grades 8–11 in Laredo (Webb County). It is one of 51 schools in United ISD. By enrollment it is the 1876th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 5.4 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 ÷ 2.79 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 8–11 |
| District | United ISD |
| County | Webb County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484365013466 |
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 high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 15 | 40,742 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 5.4 | 15.8 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 93.3% | 75% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 4% 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.
Youth Recovery Home in context
Size
Of the 8 high schools in United ISD, Youth Recovery Home is the 7th largest, with 0% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,677; Youth Recovery Home 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 7 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 2, against an average of 4 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 2 in grade 8 and 2 in grade 11.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 80% here and 98.7% across United ISD. White students are next, at 13.3%.
93.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 75% across United 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 2.79 full-time-equivalent teachers for 15 students, Youth Recovery Home has 5.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 15 students would have about 1.1 teachers, so Youth Recovery Home has 1.7 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Youth Recovery Home is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo South, 0.8 miles away in Triumph Public High Schools Central Texas. Within 10 miles there are 16 other high schools, 8 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 | 80% |
| White | 13.3% |
| Black | 6.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 8 | 2 |
| Grade 9 | 7 |
| Grade 10 | 4 |
| Grade 11 | 2 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
402 Riverhill Loop, Laredo, TX 78043
Phone: (956)473-6452
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Youth Recovery Home. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo South | Triumph Public High Schools Central Texas | 0.8 mi | 129 | 18.5 | – |
| Dr. Leo Cigarroa High School | Laredo ISD | 1.5 mi | 1,379 | 11.8 | 95.8% |
| Lyndon B Johnson | United ISD | 1.9 mi | 3,240 | 15.8 | 89.7% |
| United South High School | United ISD | 2.4 mi | 3,252 | 16.8 | 82.3% |
| Premier H S of Laredo | Premier High Schools | 3.5 mi | 138 | 16.5 | 97.8% |
| Texasworks - Laredo | Texas Works | 3.5 mi | 57 | 167.6 | – |
| Martin High School | Laredo ISD | 4.6 mi | 1,975 | 13.5 | 99.9% |
| Nixon High School | Laredo ISD | 4.9 mi | 2,124 | 13.8 | 95.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.