Salinas Elementary School is at 3611 Alfredo Cantu Drive, Laredo, TX 78046, in a residential stretch on the city's south side. The school serves Pre-K through fifth grade as a public, non-charter campus within United Independent School District. There are 767 students enrolled, making it one of the larger campuses in UISD. The student-teacher ratio is 18:1, the highest among the six UISD schools in this group. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. State testing shows 35% of students reached math proficiency and 46% reached reading proficiency. Salinas has 44 teachers on staff and runs a bilingual education program serving approximately 70% of its student population in bilingual or English language learning coursework, reflecting a student body that is predominantly Spanish-speaking at home. Salinas draws students through UISD's Alfredo Cantu Drive attendance zone boundaries. Residential properties near the campus trade near $230,000, in line with current Laredo housing data. As part of UISD's six-consecutive "A" rated district, Salinas is a neighborhood campus for families exploring the best elementary schools in Texas.