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Enrollment
408
Middle
DISTRICT 701 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830005982
Canyon Hills Middle School
8930 ECLIPSE ST, EL PASO, TX 79904 · (915) 236-5975 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
334 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 151 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 109 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 148 | 36% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 24.0% | 20.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 23.0% | 36.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 14.0% |
| 2021-22 | 18.0% | 10.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 4.0% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Canyon Hills Middle School
Canyon Hills Middle School's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Hills Middle School this school | 408 | 81.9% | 38.0% |
| Charles Middle School EL PASO | 372 | 82.0% | 41.6% |
| Uplift Grand Prep Middle School GRAND PRAIRIE | 446 | 82.5% | 32.7% |
| Henry W Longfellow Career Exploration Academy DALLAS | 449 | 78.0% | 84.3% |
| IDEA Horizon Vista College Preparatory HORIZON CITY | 402 | 81.3% | 50.3% |
| Plainview Intermediate School PLAINVIEW | 554 | 84.1% | 26.8% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Canyon Hills Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,032 of 1,635 | #28 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,013 of 1,670 ▼ 380 | #29 of 41 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #845 of 1,670 ▼ 62 | #23 of 41 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.0pp | #145 of 1,570 | #4 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #1,246 of 1,749 | #32 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #481 of 1,542 | #5 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.9% | #1,157 of 1,543 | #3 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #468 of 1,648 | #19 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.5% | #19 of 942 | #1 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
408
-233 (-36%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 891
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 408 | 30.1 | 13.6:1 | 82% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 29.4 | 13.6:1 | 87% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 32.4 | 16.2:1 | 98% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 39 | 16.4:1 | 87% (558) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 49.2 | 16.1:1 | 85% (676) |
| 2015-16 | 822 | 47 | 17.5:1 | 85% (697) |
| 2010-11 | 899 | 60 | 15.0:1 | 79% (710) |
| 2000-01 | 905 | 59 | 15.3:1 | 71% (642) |
| 1990-91 | 891 | 45 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canyon Hills Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (792 to 408); teachers down 39% (49.2 to 30.1).
About Canyon Hills Middle School
Canyon Hills Middle School is a small middle school in EL PASO, Texas, administered by EL PASO ISD. Enrolled students number 408 students, in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 37% lower than the average for middle schools in Texas, which is about 643.
EL PASO ISD has 76 schools and 48,118 students, and Canyon Hills Middle School is one of those schools.
Canyon Hills Middle School's enrollment is 80% Hispanic. Other groups make up 8% Black, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 83% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Canyon Hills Middle School comes in at 35%.
Canyon Hills Middle School employs 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, higher than at this school. Canyon Hills Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 82%.
The allk12 Grade for Canyon Hills Middle School is B-. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 52% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Canyon Hills Middle School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 38.0%. Predicted: 38.7%.
Census estimates describe El Paso County this way: median household income is about $59,806, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 273 public schools in El Paso County, with a combined enrollment of about 165,404.
Park Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Canyon Hills Middle School is 6th among 9 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Canyon Hills Middle School is City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 641 in 2020-21 and 408 in 2024-25, a 36% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.4:1 to 13.6:1.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Chapin High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- El Paso High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Hornedo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,442 students
- Don Haskins PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 368
- H R Moye Elementary School1.2 mi · 286
- Whitaker Elementary School1.2 mi · 386
- Transmountain Early College High School1.5 mi · 354
- Magoffin Middle School1.6 mi · 541
- Chapin High School1.6 mi · 1,766
Frequently asked questions
About Canyon Hills Middle SchoolHow many students attend Canyon Hills Middle School?
Canyon Hills Middle School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Canyon Hills Middle School serve?
Canyon Hills Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Canyon Hills Middle School have?
Canyon Hills Middle School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is Canyon Hills Middle School?
Canyon Hills Middle School reports a student body of 7% White, 80% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Canyon Hills Middle School?
Canyon Hills Middle School is overseen by EL PASO ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.