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BILL SYBERT SCHOOL
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 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 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BILL SYBERT SCHOOL
BILL SYBERT SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized elementary school in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools within SOCORRO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 748 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 44% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
SOCORRO ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 46,668 students; BILL SYBERT SCHOOL is among them.
Looking at the student body, BILL SYBERT SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest consists of 4% White. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, BILL SYBERT SCHOOL has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, BILL SYBERT SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.7%; this one delivers 51.3%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household income runs about $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), BILL SYBERT SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: JANE A HAMBRIC SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BILL SYBERT SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.3%.
BILL SYBERT SCHOOL operates from an urban location.
Over the past 7-year window. BILL SYBERT SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 29% since 2018, when it stood at 1,049 (now 748). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.
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