BLISS EL

BLISS EL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in EL PASO, Texas, part of EL PASO ISD. The school enrolls 459 students in grades pre-K through 5.

BLISS EL is one of 76 schools operated by EL PASO ISD, a district that hosts 48,118 students overall.

In terms of who attends, BLISS EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 28% White, 18% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably less Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BLISS EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BLISS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BLISS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.3%, the actual is 53.7%, a residual of +9.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for El Paso County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, 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 BLISS EL is one.

TRAVIS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BLISS EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLISS EL has declined 12%, going from 519 students in 2018 to 459 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 12% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.