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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YSLETA ISD·NCES 484668021024
Desertaire Elementary School
6301 TIGER EYE DR, EL PASO, TX 79924 · (915) 434-6400 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
402 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 37.0% | 25.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 34.0% | 28.0% | 12.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 26.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Desertaire Elementary School
Desertaire Elementary School's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desertaire Elementary School this school | 505 | 79.6% | 61.1% |
| Mission Academy SAN ANTONIO | 524 | 80.2% | 42.0% |
| Martin Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 537 | 80.4% | 17.5% |
| Canutillo Elementary School CANUTILLO | 481 | 78.0% | 48.9% |
| Glen Cove Elementary School EL PASO | 537 | 78.0% | 75.5% |
| Northwest Elementary School HEREFORD | 479 | 79.3% | 25.7% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Desertaire Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #706 of 4,401 | #15 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #980 of 4,466 ▼ 350 | #28 of 133 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #1,142 of 4,466 ▼ 376 | #33 of 133 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,834 of 3,998 | #71 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #2,491 of 4,938 | #74 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,221 of 4,622 | #42 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.3% | #3,947 of 4,628 | #55 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #1,980 of 4,789 | #73 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.2% | #213 of 2,838 | #10 of 93 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
505
-266 (-35%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 505 | 37.1 | 13.6:1 | 80% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 40.1 | 12.8:1 | 80% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 40.1 | 14.7:1 | 82% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 771 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 79% (609) |
| 2017-18 | 817 | 51.9 | 15.7:1 | 75% (609) |
| 2015-16 | 890 | 51 | 17.4:1 | 79% (703) |
| 2010-11 | 788 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 69% (540) |
| 2000-01 | 818 | 51 | 16.0:1 | 56% (454) |
| 1990-91 | 688 | 40 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Desertaire Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (817 to 505); teachers down 29% (51.9 to 37.1).
About Desertaire Elementary School
Desertaire Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in EL PASO, Texas, under YSLETA ISD. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 505 students.
The district for Desertaire Elementary School is YSLETA ISD, with 49 schools and 34,062 students.
Hispanic students account for 92% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 4% White. Among all residents of El Paso County, the Hispanic share is about 83%. A diversity index of 14% means there is a 14% chance two randomly chosen students at Desertaire Elementary School are from different groups.
Desertaire Elementary School has 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 80% at Desertaire Elementary School.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Desertaire Elementary School outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Desertaire Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools. It scores 61.1%; the prediction is 39.7%.
El Paso County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $59,806 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Public schools in El Paso County number 273, with about 165,404 students.
The closest school to Desertaire Elementary School is North Star Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Desertaire Elementary School is ahead of the 42.8% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Desertaire Elementary School had a net loss of 266 students, or 35%. The ratio was 15.7:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 YSLETA ISD
- Eastwood High SchoolHigh · 2,295 students
- Bel Air High SchoolHigh · 1,866 students
- Del Valle High SchoolHigh · 1,798 students
- Parkland High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- J M Hanks High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Eastwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,280 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- North Star Elementary School0.7 mi · 552
- Parkland Elementary School1.4 mi · 471
- Barron Elementary School1.5 mi · 368
- Parkland High School1.7 mi · 1,565
- Newman Elementary School1.8 mi · 246
- Dr Joseph Torres Elementary School1.8 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About Desertaire Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Desertaire Elementary School?
Desertaire Elementary School enrolls approximately 505 students in grades KG-05.
Is Desertaire Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Desertaire Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Desertaire Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Desertaire Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Desertaire Elementary School?
Student demographics at Desertaire Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 92% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Desertaire Elementary School in?
Desertaire Elementary School is part of YSLETA ISD.
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