BARRON EL

As a compact elementary-level community in EL PASO, Texas, BARRON EL enrolls 368 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of EL PASO ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BARRON EL sits 29% below that benchmark.

Within EL PASO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 48,118 students, BARRON EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BARRON EL reports that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 5% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BARRON EL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BARRON EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, BARRON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.

In the area at large, census data for El Paso County shows median household earnings sit near $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which BARRON EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DR JOSEPH TORRES EL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BARRON EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BARRON EL has shrank 19%, going from 453 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 79% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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