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What's the most underrated thing about DESERT WIND EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOCORRO ISD·NCES 484071009548
DESERT WIND EL
1100 COLINA DE PAZ, EL PASO, TX 79928 · (915) 937-7800 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
468 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% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +27.0pp 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 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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
521
-378 (-42%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.4:1
% White
3%
was 1%
% Hispanic
96%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DESERT WIND EL
DESERT WIND EL, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools within SOCORRO ISD, serves 521 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.
DESERT WIND EL is one of 51 schools operated by SOCORRO ISD, a district that hosts 46,668 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, DESERT WIND EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%); the rest reads as 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 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, DESERT WIND EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (El Paso County) shows that median household income runs about $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. DESERT WIND EL is one of 273 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students).
Nearest neighbor: ROBERT R ROJAS EL, around 1.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DESERT WIND EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Five-year trend. DESERT WIND EL's enrollment has declined 42% since 2018, when it stood at 899 (now 521). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. 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
- ROBERT R ROJAS EL1.9 mi · 490
- RICARDO ESTRADA MIDDLE2.4 mi · 592
- IDEA HORIZON VISTA ACADEMY2.4 mi · 742
- IDEA HORIZON VISTA COLLEGE PREPARATORY2.4 mi · 402
- H D HILLEY EL2.7 mi · 483
- ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY2.7 mi · 831
Frequently asked questions
About DESERT WIND ELHow many students attend DESERT WIND EL?
DESERT WIND EL enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does DESERT WIND EL serve?
DESERT WIND EL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DESERT WIND EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DESERT WIND EL is approximately 13.2:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DESERT WIND EL?
At DESERT WIND EL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is DESERT WIND EL public or private?
DESERT WIND EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOCORRO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.