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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the BEL AIR H S administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,866
High
DISTRICT 983 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YSLETA ISD·NCES 484668005307
Bel Air High School
731 YARBROUGH DR, EL PASO, TX 79915 · (915) 434-2000 · El Paso County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,866 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Texas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
116 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
1,554 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 585 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 481 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 408 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 392 | 21% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 49.0% | 18.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 29.0% | 30.0% | 13.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 30.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bel Air High School
Bel Air High School's state test result (61.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bel Air High School this school | 1,866 | 83.3% | 61.9% |
| Del Valle High School EL PASO | 1,798 | 83.4% | 57.0% |
| Veterans Memorial High School MISSION | 1,737 | 81.8% | 44.9% |
| C C Winn High School EAGLE PASS | 1,878 | 81.7% | 47.9% |
| San Benito High School SAN BENITO | 2,057 | 81.1% | 28.0% |
| Edinburg High School EDINBURG | 2,267 | 84.3% | 48.2% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bel Air High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #440 of 1,385 | #11 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #371 of 1,425 ▼ 93 | #8 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #774 of 1,425 ▲ 31 | #20 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #717 of 1,184 | #22 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,866 | #364 of 2,107 | #10 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #938 of 1,344 | #24 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.8% | #1,296 of 1,346 | #38 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #339 of 1,522 | #18 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #448 of 557 | #28 of 28 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,866
-85 (-4%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 2,084
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,866 | 115.8 | 16.1:1 | 83% (1,554) |
| 2023-24 | 1,876 | 118.2 | 15.9:1 | 81% (1,518) |
| 2022-23 | 1,839 | 120.2 | 15.3:1 | 80% (1,477) |
| 2020-21 | 1,951 | 126 | 15.5:1 | 80% (1,570) |
| 2017-18 | 1,936 | 124.1 | 15.6:1 | 76% (1,480) |
| 2015-16 | 2,062 | 127 | 16.2:1 | 76% (1,569) |
| 2010-11 | 2,222 | 135 | 16.5:1 | 75% (1,664) |
| 2000-01 | 2,160 | 133 | 16.2:1 | 67% (1,437) |
| 1990-91 | 2,084 | 115 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bel Air High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,936 to 1,866); teachers down 7% (124.1 to 115.8).
About Bel Air High School
Bel Air High School is a large high school in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools in YSLETA ISD. It serves 1,866 students in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Texas average about 796 students.
YSLETA ISD is made up of 49 schools with 34,062 students in all.
The student body at Bel Air High School is 99% Hispanic. By comparison, El Paso County residents are about 83% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 3% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 115.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.1:1. That is 1.0 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Bel Air High School is 83%. The rate at public schools in El Paso County averages 74%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Bel Air High School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Bel Air High School outperforms its prediction by 23.8 points. The model expects 38.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas; the school's rate is 61.9%.
El Paso County has these Census figures: the median household income is $59,806, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. El Paso County is home to 273 public schools and about 165,404 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Sageland Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bel Air High School. Its average proficiency rate of 61.9% is above the 56.8% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Bel Air High School's enrollment dropped 4%, to 1,866.
Discussions about Bel Air High School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 YSLETA ISD
- Eastwood High SchoolHigh · 2,295 students
- Del Valle High SchoolHigh · 1,798 students
- Parkland High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- J M Hanks High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Eastwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,280 students
- Ysleta High SchoolHigh · 1,168 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Bel Air High schools
One other US public school is named Bel Air High. Bel Air High School is the largest of the 2.
- Bel Air HighBel Air, MD · 1,341 students
Nearby schools
- Sageland Elementary School0.2 mi · 601
- Bel Air Middle School0.4 mi · 1,002
- Young Women's Leadership Academy1.0 mi · 320
- El Paso Academy1.0 mi · 206
- North Loop Elementary School1.1 mi · 534
- Valle Verde Early College High School1.2 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Bel Air High SchoolHow large is Bel Air High School?
Bel Air High School enrolls approximately 1,866 students in grades 09-12.
Is Bel Air High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bel Air High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Bel Air High School have?
Bel Air High School employs 116 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Bel Air High School?
Student demographics at Bel Air High School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Bel Air High School?
Bel Air High School is overseen by YSLETA ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.