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Enrollment
496
Middle
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLINT ISD·NCES 481443000755
East Montana Middle School
3490 ASCENCION ST, EL PASO, TX 79938 · (915) 926-5200 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
441 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 158 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 167 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 34% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 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 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 East Montana Middle School
East Montana Middle School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Montana Middle School this school | 496 | 88.9% | 34.2% |
| Seale Junior High School ROBSTOWN | 533 | 88.9% | 23.8% |
| Socorro Middle School EL PASO | 510 | 88.6% | 32.2% |
| Uplift Williams Prep Middle School DALLAS | 532 | 89.5% | 36.8% |
| Salvador Sanchez Middle School EL PASO | 544 | 88.2% | 49.5% |
| Nelda Sullivan Middle School PASADENA | 479 | 91.0% | 38.8% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 East Montana Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #1,214 of 1,635 | #31 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,094 of 1,670 ▼ 346 | #32 of 41 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,210 of 1,670 ▼ 387 | #33 of 41 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.0pp | #273 of 1,570 | #12 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #1,102 of 1,749 | #29 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #570 of 1,542 | #10 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.6% | #1,407 of 1,543 | #26 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #284 of 1,648 | #11 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.5% | #165 of 942 | #7 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
496
-117 (-19%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 835
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 496 | 35.6 | 13.9:1 | 89% (441) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 38.9 | 14.1:1 | 88% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 36.1 | 15.8:1 | 84% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 85% (523) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 39.9 | 17.4:1 | 87% (605) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 91% (595) |
| 2010-11 | 730 | 41 | 17.8:1 | 48% (353) |
| 2000-01 | 835 | 62 | 13.5:1 | 91% (758) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Montana Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (694 to 496); teachers down 11% (39.9 to 35.6).
About East Montana Middle School
Federal records list East Montana Middle School as a middle school in EL PASO, Texas. It enrolls 496 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. The school is 23% below the average for middle schools in Texas.
East Montana Middle School reports to CLINT ISD, which has 14 schools and 10,077 students.
The share of Hispanic students at East Montana Middle School is 96%. Enrollment also includes 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 13 points above the 83% share among El Paso County residents. The diversity index for East Montana Middle School is 9%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
East Montana Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1, with 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is close to this figure. The school has 89% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in El Paso County, the average is 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, East Montana Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Texas public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.7% for East Montana Middle School. The school posts 34.2%, 1.5 points below the prediction.
Census data for El Paso County show the median household earns about $59,806 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Public schools in El Paso County number 273, with about 165,404 students.
Mountain View High School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.3%; East Montana Middle School's is 34.2%, ranking 9th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 613 to 496, a 19% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at East Montana Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 CLINT ISD
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Frank Macias Elementary SchoolElementary · 975 students
- Wm David Surratt Elementary SchoolElementary · 939 students
- Desert Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 928 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 775 students
- Clint High SchoolHigh · 747 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
- Mountain View High School0.3 mi · 775
- Montana Vista Elementary School0.6 mi · 457
- IDEA Edgemere Academy1.8 mi · 788
- IDEA Edgemere College Preparatory1.8 mi · 619
- Red Sands Elementary School2.1 mi · 572
- Sgt Jose F Carrasco Elementary School2.5 mi · 1,067
Frequently asked questions
About East Montana Middle SchoolHow many students attend East Montana Middle School?
East Montana Middle School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does East Montana Middle School serve?
East Montana Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at East Montana Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at East Montana Middle School is approximately 13.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at East Montana Middle School?
At East Montana Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees East Montana Middle School?
East Montana Middle School is overseen by CLINT ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.