CAPT WALTER E CLARKE MIDDLE

Set in EL PASO, Texas, CAPT WALTER E CLARKE MIDDLE is a medium-sized junior high, overseen by SOCORRO ISD. It caters to 670 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 51 schools in SOCORRO ISD (46,668 students total), CAPT WALTER E CLARKE MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CAPT WALTER E CLARKE MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Other groups include 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at CAPT WALTER E CLARKE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, CAPT WALTER E CLARKE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.2%, the actual is 45.7%, a residual of +5.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for El Paso County put the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), CAPT WALTER E CLARKE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

SIERRA VISTA STEAM ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CAPT WALTER E CLARKE MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 29%: 938 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the CAPT WALTER E CLARKE MIDDLE community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.