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Enrollment
656
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830014232
BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8
4860 TROPICANA, EL PASO, TX 79924 · (915) 236-5375 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
590 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 →
About BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8
BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in EL PASO, Texas, operated by EL PASO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 656 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% bigger than the state mean of about 519.
Within EL PASO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 48,118 students, BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% White, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 shows 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than El Paso County's rate of about 74%.
With demographic context factored in, BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.4%.
In the broader community, census data for El Paso County shows median household income runs about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 is one campus in the mix.
HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - EL PASO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8. On composite proficiency, BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.1%.
BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 operates from a high-density location.
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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 EL PASO ISD
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- CHAPIN H SHigh · 1,766 students
- EL PASO H SHigh · 1,636 students
- HORNEDO MIDDLEMiddle · 1,442 students
- DON HASKINS PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - EL PASO0.7 mi · 1,306
- ANDRESS H S0.8 mi · 1,341
- CHARLES MIDDLE0.9 mi · 372
- COACH ARCHIE DURAN EL0.9 mi · 648
- NEWMAN EL1.0 mi · 246
- DR JOSEPH TORRES EL1.5 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8How large is BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8?
BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 enrolls approximately 656 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 serve?
BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 is approximately 13.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8?
Student demographics at BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 are roughly 5% White, 86% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 public or private?
BOBBY JOE HILL PK-8 is a public K-12 school, overseen by EL PASO ISD.
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