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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at DR SUE A SHOOK SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
1,167
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOCORRO ISD·NCES 484071010662
Dr Sue A Shook School
13777 PASEO DEL ESTE, EL PASO, TX 79928 · (915) 937-7100 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,167 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+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.
- A-Three-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
19.1:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
788 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 138 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 164 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 158 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 182 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 178 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 177 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 170 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (164) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (170).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 34.0% | 19.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 32.0% | 26.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Dr Sue A Shook School
Dr Sue A Shook School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Sue A Shook School this school | 1,167 | 67.5% | 53.5% |
| Memorial Elementary School WESLACO | 1,109 | 65.5% | 61.4% |
| Ben Narbuth Elementary School EL PASO | 1,054 | 63.9% | 50.3% |
| Camino Real Elementary School NIEDERWALD | 962 | 71.2% | 31.6% |
| Mission Ridge EL PASO | 1,052 | 73.8% | 46.3% |
| Don Haskins PK-8 EL PASO | 1,405 | 65.1% | 38.4% |
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 Dr Sue A Shook School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,165 of 4,401 | #28 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,351 of 4,466 ▼ 328 | #41 of 133 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #983 of 4,466 ▼ 269 | #24 of 133 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #988 of 3,998 | #29 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,167 | #35 of 4,938 | #4 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #4,368 of 4,622 | #127 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.8% | #3,970 of 4,628 | #60 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.5% | #2,689 of 4,789 | #109 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.2% | #201 of 1,307 | #5 of 27 |
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
1,167
-77 (-6%) vs 2020
+61% since 2010-11, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 1,167 | 61.2 | 19.1:1 | 68% (788) |
| 2023-24 | 1,146 | 44.4 | 25.8:1 | 69% (792) |
| 2022-23 | 1,058 | 52.9 | 20.0:1 | 68% (716) |
| 2020-21 | 1,244 | 69 | 18.0:1 | 66% (824) |
| 2017-18 | 863 | 47 | 18.4:1 | 66% (566) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 38 | 18.6:1 | 58% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 727 | 37 | 19.6:1 | 55% (400) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr Sue A Shook School.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (863 to 1,167); teachers up 30% (47 to 61.2).
About Dr Sue A Shook School
Dr Sue A Shook School is a large elementary school in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools in SOCORRO ISD. School enrollment was 1,167 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 125% above that.
The SOCORRO ISD system has 51 schools and 46,668 students.
Dr Sue A Shook School enrolls a student body that is 93% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% White. In El Paso County overall, about 83% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Dr Sue A Shook School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 14%.
The school reports 61.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.1 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 68% of students.
The allk12 Grade for Dr Sue A Shook School is A. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 85% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Dr Sue A Shook School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.5%, compared with a predicted 44.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in El Paso County, median household income is about $59,806, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The public schools of El Paso County number 273 and enroll about 165,404.
The school nearest to Dr Sue A Shook School is Horizon Heights Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Within five miles of Dr Sue A Shook School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Dr Sue A Shook School places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Dr Sue A Shook School had 1,244 students in 2020-21 and 1,167 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease. The ratio was 18.0:1 in 2020-21 and 19.1:1 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 SOCORRO ISD
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- El Dorado High SchoolHigh · 2,109 students
- Americas High SchoolHigh · 2,049 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
- Horizon Heights Elementary School0.9 mi · 947
- Col John O Ensor Middle School1.0 mi · 1,070
- Ben Narbuth Elementary School1.6 mi · 1,054
- Eastlake Middle School1.6 mi · 787
- Horizon Middle School1.6 mi · 677
- Eastlake High School1.8 mi · 3,004
Frequently asked questions
About Dr Sue A Shook SchoolHow large is Dr Sue A Shook School?
Dr Sue A Shook School enrolls approximately 1,167 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dr Sue A Shook School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr Sue A Shook School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dr Sue A Shook School have?
Dr Sue A Shook School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
How diverse is Dr Sue A Shook School?
Dr Sue A Shook School reports a student body of 4% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr Sue A Shook School?
Dr Sue A Shook School is overseen by SOCORRO ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.