CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL

CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools within CANUTILLO ISD, serveing 577 students in grades pre-K through 5.

CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL is one of 10 schools operated by CANUTILLO ISD, a district that hosts 5,747 students overall.

On demographics, CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Other groups include 11% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with El Paso County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (El Paso County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is KOHLBERG EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.

CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL has contracted 13%, going from 667 students in 2018 to 577 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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