DESERTAIRE EL

DESERTAIRE EL is a mid-sized primary school in EL PASO, Texas, overseen by YSLETA ISD. The school serves 505 students in grades K through 5.

YSLETA ISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 34,062 students; DESERTAIRE EL is among them.

Demographically, DESERTAIRE EL lists that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DESERTAIRE EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 39.1%; DESERTAIRE EL posts 57.7%, +18.6 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (El Paso County) records that median household earnings sit near $59,806, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), DESERTAIRE EL is one campus in the mix.

NORTH STAR EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DESERTAIRE EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 38%: 817 students in 2018 compared to 505 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 78% to 92% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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