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CARROLL T WELCH EL
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CARROLL T WELCH EL is an average-sized elementary-level community in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools within CLINT ISD. The school enrolls 676 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% bigger than the state mean of about 519.
CLINT ISD runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 10,077 students. CARROLL T WELCH EL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, CARROLL T WELCH EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). Other groups include 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CARROLL T WELCH EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at CARROLL T WELCH EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of El Paso County's rate of about 74%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CARROLL T WELCH EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.8%, the actual is 31.6%, a residual of -1.2 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), CARROLL T WELCH EL is one campus in the mix.
DESERT HILLS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARROLL T WELCH EL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.4%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Five-year trend. CARROLL T WELCH EL's enrollment has fell 25% since 2018, when it stood at 902 (now 676). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for CARROLL T WELCH EL typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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