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Enrollment
755
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOCORRO ISD·NCES 484071011477
CHESTER E JORDAN
13995 JASON CRANDALL DR, EL PASO, TX 79938 · (915) 937-8800 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL755 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
572 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
755
-342 (-31%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 20.1:1
% White
6%
was 8%
% Hispanic
87%
was 83%
% Black
4%
was 5%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CHESTER E JORDAN
CHESTER E JORDAN operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in EL PASO, Texas, run under SOCORRO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 755 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so CHESTER E JORDAN sits 45% above that benchmark.
Across the 51 schools in SOCORRO ISD (46,668 students total), CHESTER E JORDAN accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, CHESTER E JORDAN shows that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% White, 4% Black, 2% multiracial.
On the resource side, CHESTER E JORDAN shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHESTER E JORDAN performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 44.2%, a residual of +3.4 points.
Zooming out to the 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 the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), CHESTER E JORDAN is one campus in the mix.
HURSHEL ANTWINE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHESTER E JORDAN. On composite proficiency, CHESTER E JORDAN comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.9%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 31%: 1,097 students in 2018 compared to 755 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the CHESTER E JORDAN community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 SOCORRO ISD
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
- EL DORADO H SHigh · 2,109 students
- AMERICAS H SHigh · 2,049 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- HURSHEL ANTWINE MIDDLE0.7 mi · 701
- SPEC RAFAEL HERNANDO MIDDLE0.8 mi · 707
- SGT ROBERTO ITUARTE0.9 mi · 659
- PURPLE HEART EL0.9 mi · 914
- SSG MANUEL R PUENTES1.1 mi · 1,031
- JAMES P BUTLER EL1.1 mi · 884
Frequently asked questions
About CHESTER E JORDANHow large is CHESTER E JORDAN?
CHESTER E JORDAN enrolls approximately 755 students in grades PK-05.
Is CHESTER E JORDAN an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHESTER E JORDAN is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CHESTER E JORDAN have?
CHESTER E JORDAN employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at CHESTER E JORDAN?
Student demographics at CHESTER E JORDAN are roughly 6% White, 87% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is CHESTER E JORDAN in?
CHESTER E JORDAN is part of SOCORRO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.