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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YSLETA ISD·NCES 484668005313
Dolphin Terrace Elementary School
9790 PICKEREL DR, EL PASO, TX 79924 · (915) 434-6500 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
346 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
4%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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
Schools most like Dolphin Terrace Elementary School
Dolphin Terrace Elementary School's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolphin Terrace Elementary School this school | 510 | 67.8% | 44.9% |
| Olmito Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 538 | 66.2% | 62.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary School EDINBURG | 511 | 64.8% | 66.4% |
| Myrtle Cooper Elementary School EL PASO | 550 | 69.5% | 49.0% |
| Romulo D Martinez Elementary School MISSION | 525 | 65.0% | 55.7% |
| Jose H Damian Elementary School CANUTILLO | 473 | 68.5% | 46.3% |
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 Dolphin Terrace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,974 of 4,401 | #68 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,111 of 4,466 ▲ 306 | #30 of 133 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,406 of 4,466 ▲ 441 | #49 of 133 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,305 of 3,998 | #86 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #2,435 of 4,938 | #71 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,865 of 4,622 | #85 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.9% | #4,376 of 4,628 | #120 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #2,676 of 4,789 | #107 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #1,409 of 2,838 | #61 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
510
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 706
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 510 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 68% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 32.1 | 14.8:1 | 70% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 33.1 | 13.8:1 | 71% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 85% (465) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 40.1 | 15.4:1 | 83% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 38 | 16.0:1 | 86% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 45 | 14.5:1 | 70% (458) |
| 2000-01 | 678 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 55% (374) |
| 1990-91 | 706 | 42 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dolphin Terrace Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (617 to 510); teachers down 18% (40.1 to 33).
About Dolphin Terrace Elementary School
Dolphin Terrace Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in EL PASO, Texas. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 510 students.
YSLETA ISD enrolls 34,062 students in 49 schools, including Dolphin Terrace Elementary School.
The share of students at Dolphin Terrace Elementary School who are Hispanic is 98%. County-wide, 83% of El Paso County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 4%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dolphin Terrace Elementary School is 15.5:1, based on 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Lunch program data show 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Dolphin Terrace Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 44.9% actual against 44.7% predicted.
For the population of El Paso County, median household income comes to about $59,806, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. El Paso County counts 273 public schools with about 165,404 students.
Parkland Pre K Center sits less than a tenth of a mile from Dolphin Terrace Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Dolphin Terrace Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment decreased 7% over 4 years, reaching 510 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
- Parkland Pre K Center0.1 mi · 308
- Parkland Pre-Engineering Middle School0.5 mi · 1,146
- Parkland High School0.8 mi · 1,565
- Coach Archie Duran Elementary School1.0 mi · 648
- Irvin High School1.0 mi · 932
- Harmony School of Innovation - El Paso1.2 mi · 1,306
Frequently asked questions
About Dolphin Terrace Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dolphin Terrace Elementary School?
Dolphin Terrace Elementary School enrolls approximately 510 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dolphin Terrace Elementary School serve?
Dolphin Terrace Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dolphin Terrace Elementary School have?
Dolphin Terrace Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Dolphin Terrace Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dolphin Terrace Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Dolphin Terrace Elementary School?
Dolphin Terrace Elementary School is overseen by YSLETA ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.