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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CANUTILLO EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANUTILLO ISD·NCES 481278006370
Canutillo Elementary School
651 CANUTILLO AVE, CANUTILLO, TX 79835 · (915) 877-7600 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
375 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 52 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 32.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 25.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
Schools most like Canutillo Elementary School
Canutillo Elementary School's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canutillo Elementary School this school | 481 | 78.0% | 48.9% |
| Anne L Magee Elementary School EDINBURG | 460 | 78.0% | 42.3% |
| Cavazos Elementary School MCALLEN | 479 | 76.6% | 51.2% |
| Benito Martinez Elementary School EL PASO | 470 | 76.2% | 46.3% |
| Desertaire Elementary School EL PASO | 505 | 79.6% | 61.1% |
| Glen Cove Elementary School EL PASO | 537 | 78.0% | 75.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Canutillo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #1,537 of 4,401 | #42 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,022 of 4,466 ▼ 240 | #68 of 133 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,704 of 4,466 ▼ 307 | #60 of 133 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,919 of 3,998 | #74 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #2,712 of 4,938 | #80 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,312 of 4,622 | #44 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #4,048 of 4,628 | #74 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #2,094 of 4,789 | #80 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #1,561 of 2,838 | #65 of 93 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
481
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 1,165
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 481 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 78% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 35.9 | 13.8:1 | 78% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 35.7 | 14.5:1 | 82% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 75% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 38.4 | 14.8:1 | 82% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 87% (537) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 41 | 17.2:1 | 86% (606) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 50 | 13.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 1,165 | 81 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canutillo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (569 to 481); teachers down 9% (38.4 to 35).
About Canutillo Elementary School
In CANUTILLO, Texas, part of El Paso County, Canutillo Elementary School is an elementary school. Enrollment totals 481 students across pre-K through 5.
CANUTILLO ISD enrolls 5,747 students, and its 10 schools include Canutillo Elementary School.
The share of students at Canutillo Elementary School who are Hispanic is 94%. The remaining students are 4% White. Among people living in El Paso County, the Hispanic share is about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 12, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Canutillo Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 78%.
Canutillo Elementary School scores 48.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 40.4%.
For the population of El Paso County, the median household earns about $59,806 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Canutillo Elementary School shares El Paso County with 272 other public schools.
Jose J Alderete Middle School sits about 0.2 miles from Canutillo Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Canutillo Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 8% over 4 years, reaching 481 in 2024-25.
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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 CANUTILLO ISD
- Canutillo High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Canutillo Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Congressman Silvestre & Carolina SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Jose J Alderete Middle SchoolMiddle · 570 students
- Jose H Damian Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Gonzalo and Sofia Garcia Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Other schools in CANUTILLO
- Canutillo Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Jose J Alderete Middle SchoolMiddle · 570 students
- Jose H Damian Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Deanna Davenport Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Jose J Alderete Middle School0.2 mi · 570
- Northwest Early College H S (nwechs)0.9 mi · 373
- Canutillo Middle School1.2 mi · 717
- Canutillo High School1.2 mi · 1,443
- Jose H Damian Elementary School2.0 mi · 473
- Gonzalo and Sofia Garcia Elementary School2.2 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Canutillo Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Canutillo Elementary School?
Canutillo Elementary School enrolls approximately 481 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Canutillo Elementary School serve?
Canutillo Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Canutillo Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Canutillo Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Canutillo Elementary School?
At Canutillo Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Canutillo Elementary School public or private?
Canutillo Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CANUTILLO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.