DOLPHIN TERRACE EL

Located at 9790 PICKEREL DR, in EL PASO, Texas, DOLPHIN TERRACE EL is a medium-sized elementary school that caters to 510 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by YSLETA ISD.

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

On the student-mix side, DOLPHIN TERRACE EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, DOLPHIN TERRACE EL records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, DOLPHIN TERRACE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.9%.

In the broader community, census data for El Paso County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 DOLPHIN TERRACE EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PARKLAND PRE K CENTER, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DOLPHIN TERRACE EL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

DOLPHIN TERRACE EL operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 617 students in 2018 compared to 510 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 90% to 98% across the same window.

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