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What advice would you give to incoming students at BEL AIR MIDDLE?
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Enrollment
1,002
Middle
DISTRICT 969 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YSLETA ISD·NCES 484668013215
Bel Air Middle School
7909 RANCHLAND DR, EL PASO, TX 79915 · (915) 434-2200 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,002 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
905 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 312 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 350 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 340 | 34% |
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
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 33.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 →
Schools most like Bel Air Middle School
Bel Air Middle School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bel Air Middle School this school | 1,002 | 90.3% | 40.6% |
| Memorial Middle School EDINBURG | 1,045 | 90.9% | 43.1% |
| Hanks Middle School EL PASO | 1,000 | 90.0% | 50.7% |
| Lyndon B Johnson Middle School PHARR | 1,006 | 87.9% | 44.2% |
| Austin Middle School SAN JUAN | 833 | 90.3% | 47.8% |
| Mary Hoge Middle School WESLACO | 830 | 90.8% | 36.3% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #913 of 1,635 | #23 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #628 of 1,670 ▲ 303 | #20 of 41 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #923 of 1,670 ▲ 47 | #26 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #693 of 1,570 | #26 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,002 | #278 of 1,749 | #6 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #813 of 1,542 | #15 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.2% | #1,469 of 1,543 | #31 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #239 of 1,648 | #8 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.6% | #80 of 437 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,002
+181 (+22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 1,002 | 67.9 | 14.8:1 | 90% (905) |
| 2023-24 | 1,072 | 72.7 | 14.8:1 | 89% (956) |
| 2022-23 | 1,156 | 68.7 | 16.8:1 | 87% (1,007) |
| 2020-21 | 821 | 51 | 16.1:1 | 90% (736) |
| 2017-18 | 767 | 47.5 | 16.2:1 | 88% (677) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bel Air Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (767 to 1,002); teachers up 43% (47.5 to 67.9).
About Bel Air Middle School
Bel Air Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school with an address in EL PASO, Texas. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 1,002 students. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average about 643 students.
YSLETA ISD has a total of 49 schools and 34,062 students, Bel Air Middle School among them.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Bel Air Middle School, with 98% of enrollment. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of El Paso County's population at about 83%. Bel Air Middle School has a diversity index of 3%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.8:1, with 67.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Middle schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 14.4:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Bel Air Middle School is 90%. The average for public schools in El Paso County is 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Bel Air Middle School is B. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 60% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Bel Air Middle School scores 40.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 35.1%.
Among El Paso County residents, median household income is about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 273 public schools in El Paso County, with a combined enrollment of about 165,404.
The nearest public school is Bel Air High School, at about 0.4 miles. Bel Air Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Bel Air Middle School ranks 8th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Bel Air Middle School went from 821 students to 1,002. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.1:1 to 14.8:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Bel Air High SchoolHigh · 1,866 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
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 Middle schools
One other US public school is named Bel Air Middle. Bel Air Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bel Air MiddleBel Air, MD · 1,080 students
Nearby schools
- Bel Air High School0.4 mi · 1,866
- Sageland Elementary School0.4 mi · 601
- Valle Verde Early College High School1.0 mi · 273
- Eastwood Knolls International1.0 mi · 789
- Eastwood Heights Elementary School1.1 mi · 508
- El Paso Academy1.2 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About Bel Air Middle SchoolHow many students attend Bel Air Middle School?
Bel Air Middle School enrolls approximately 1,002 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bel Air Middle School serve?
Bel Air Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Bel Air Middle School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Bel Air Middle School.
How diverse is Bel Air Middle School?
Bel Air Middle School reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Bel Air Middle School?
Bel Air Middle 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.