Texasworks - Laredo

Texasworks - Laredo is a very small alternative high school in Laredo, TX, serving just 57 students in grades 9 through 12, and it faces severe academic challenges that set it apart from nearly every other school in the area. The most striking and unusual fact about this school is its reported student-to-teacher ratio of 167.6 to 1, which is astronomically higher than any nearby school—for comparison, F S Lara Academy has a ratio of 4.5 to 1, and United South High School has a ratio of 18.5 to 1. This extreme ratio likely means the school relies heavily on online, self-paced coursework with very little direct teacher interaction, which is a critical factor for parents to consider.

Test scores at Texasworks - Laredo are consistently the lowest in the region, with 0% of students proficient in Algebra I and U.S. History, meaning no student passed those state exams. In English I Reading, only 5.88% of students were proficient, compared to 32.11% at Martin High School. The school’s best subject is Biology, where 27.27% of students were proficient—still low, but slightly better than Nixon High School at 25.56%. The school ranks in the 2nd percentile statewide, and its district, Texas Works, also ranks near the very bottom in Texas. Interestingly, Texasworks - Laredo shares an address with Premier H S Of Laredo, another alternative school that also struggles but has slightly better English scores, suggesting two different programs operate in the same building.

For parents, the key takeaway is that Texasworks - Laredo is an extreme outlier even among alternative schools in Laredo. While other alternative schools like Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo North (11th percentile) and Premier H S Of Laredo (8th percentile) also perform poorly, Texasworks - Laredo is the most severe case with the lowest test scores and the most unusual staffing model. In stark contrast, Hector J Garcia Early College High School in the same area ranks in the 98th percentile, showing that high performance is possible in Laredo. The lack of free/reduced lunch data for Texasworks - Laredo makes it hard to compare its student demographics to other high-poverty schools in the area, but the academic results are clear and concerning.