DESERT HILLS EL

DESERT HILLS EL, a roomy primary school in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools within CLINT ISD, educates 928 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 79% larger than the state mean of about 519.

CLINT ISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 10,077 students; DESERT HILLS EL is among them.

Demographically, DESERT HILLS EL lists that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 4% White. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DESERT HILLS EL has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DESERT HILLS EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DESERT HILLS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.5%; this one delivers 36.8%.

Around the school, census data for El Paso County shows median household income runs about $59,806, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. DESERT HILLS EL is one of 273 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students).

Nearest neighbor: HORIZON MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DESERT HILLS EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 1,073 students in 2018 compared to 928 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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