EAST MONTANA MIDDLE

EAST MONTANA MIDDLE, an intimate intermediate school in EL PASO, Texas, overseen by CLINT ISD, instructs 496 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

CLINT ISD runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 10,077 students. EAST MONTANA MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Demographically, EAST MONTANA MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, EAST MONTANA MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 29.5%.

In the area at large, El Paso County reports 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), EAST MONTANA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

MOUNTAIN VIEW H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EAST MONTANA MIDDLE ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST MONTANA MIDDLE has ticked down 29%, going from 694 students in 2018 to 496 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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