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BEN NARBUTH EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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%.
About BEN NARBUTH EL
BEN NARBUTH EL operates as a big elementary-level community in EL PASO, Texas, overseen by SOCORRO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,054 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BEN NARBUTH EL sits 103% bigger than that benchmark.
BEN NARBUTH EL is one of 51 schools operated by SOCORRO ISD, a district that hosts 46,668 students overall.
On demographics, BEN NARBUTH EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). The remainder reads as 6% White, 3% Black.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BEN NARBUTH EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.2%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (El Paso County) shows that median household income runs about $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), BEN NARBUTH EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: EASTLAKE MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BEN NARBUTH EL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 55.7%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
On the community side, members of the BEN NARBUTH EL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
El Paso County at a glance
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