CANYON HILLS MIDDLE

Located at 8930 ECLIPSE ST, in EL PASO, Texas, CANYON HILLS MIDDLE is a low-enrollment 6-8 campus that hosts 408 students (grades 6 through 8), part of EL PASO ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 37% smaller than typical.

Within EL PASO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 48,118 students, CANYON HILLS MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CANYON HILLS MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% Black, 7% White, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with El Paso County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CANYON HILLS MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 39.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (El Paso County) records that median household income runs about $59,806, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which CANYON HILLS MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: PARK EL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CANYON HILLS MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CANYON HILLS MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.9%.

CANYON HILLS MIDDLE operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 48%: 792 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 89% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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