CACTUS TRAILS

CACTUS TRAILS, a sprawling K-5 school in EL PASO, Texas, run under SOCORRO ISD, enrolls 1,006 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 94% above the state mean of about 519.

SOCORRO ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 46,668 students. CACTUS TRAILS is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CACTUS TRAILS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). The remainder looks like 11% White, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. Compared to El Paso County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CACTUS TRAILS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at CACTUS TRAILS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CACTUS TRAILS ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 47.8%; CACTUS TRAILS posts 62.9%, +15.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 CACTUS TRAILS is one.

Nearest neighbor: IDEA EDGEMERE COLLEGE PREPARATORY, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CACTUS TRAILS comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.0%.

CACTUS TRAILS operates from a high-density location.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.