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Enrollment
946
High
DISTRICT 1,062 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830001663
AUSTIN H S
3500 MEMPHIS AVE, EL PASO, TX 79930 · (915) 236-4200 · El Paso County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL946 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
837 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
25.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
10.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
946
-435 (-31%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.7:1
% White
5%
was 6%
% Hispanic
88%
was 88%
% Black
4%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About AUSTIN H S
AUSTIN H S is one of the mid-tier high schools in EL PASO, Texas, overseen by EL PASO ISD, with 946 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.
EL PASO ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 48,118 students; AUSTIN H S is among them.
Looking at the student body, AUSTIN H S lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). The remainder comes out to 5% White, 4% Black, 2% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of El Paso County's rate of about 74%.
With demographic context factored in, AUSTIN H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.9%.
In the broader community, census data for El Paso County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), AUSTIN H S is one campus in the mix.
CROCKETT EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AUSTIN H S. On composite proficiency, AUSTIN H S comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 31%: 1,381 students in 2018 compared to 946 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- CHAPIN H SHigh · 1,766 students
- EL PASO H SHigh · 1,636 students
- HORNEDO MIDDLEMiddle · 1,442 students
- DON HASKINS PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- CROCKETT EL0.5 mi · 453
- COLDWELL EL0.6 mi · 354
- RUSK EL0.8 mi · 186
- COLLEGE CAREER TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY (CCTA)1.1 mi · 151
- TELLES ACADEMY1.1 mi · 26
- HILLSIDE EL1.2 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About AUSTIN H SHow many students attend AUSTIN H S?
AUSTIN H S enrolls approximately 946 students in grades 09-12.
Is AUSTIN H S an elementary, middle, or high school?
AUSTIN H S is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does AUSTIN H S have?
AUSTIN H S employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is AUSTIN H S?
AUSTIN H S reports a student body of 5% White, 88% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is AUSTIN H S public or private?
AUSTIN H S is a public K-12 school, overseen by EL PASO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.