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Does CACTUS TRAILS have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,006
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOCORRO ISD·NCES 484071013684
CACTUS TRAILS
14701 RALPH SEITSINGER DR, EL PASO, TX 79938 · (915) 938-2602 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,006 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
601 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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
73.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 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.
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 SOCORRO ISD
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
- EL DORADO H SHigh · 2,109 students
- AMERICAS H SHigh · 2,049 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
- IDEA EDGEMERE COLLEGE PREPARATORY0.9 mi · 619
- IDEA EDGEMERE ACADEMY0.9 mi · 788
- JAMES P BUTLER EL0.9 mi · 884
- SGT JOSE F CARRASCO EL1.0 mi · 1,067
- PEBBLE HILLS H S1.0 mi · 2,952
- SSG MANUEL R PUENTES1.0 mi · 1,031
Frequently asked questions
About CACTUS TRAILSHow large is CACTUS TRAILS?
CACTUS TRAILS enrolls approximately 1,006 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CACTUS TRAILS serve?
CACTUS TRAILS serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CACTUS TRAILS?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at CACTUS TRAILS.
How diverse is CACTUS TRAILS?
CACTUS TRAILS reports a student body of 11% White, 82% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is CACTUS TRAILS public or private?
CACTUS TRAILS is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOCORRO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.