EASTLAKE H S

EASTLAKE H S is a sprawling secondary school in EL PASO, Texas, run under SOCORRO ISD. The school teaches 3,004 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 277% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Across the 51 schools in SOCORRO ISD (46,668 students total), EASTLAKE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, EASTLAKE H S records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). The remainder breaks down as 4% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 167 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 64% of students at EASTLAKE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, EASTLAKE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.7%, the actual is 56.1%, a residual of +10.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (El Paso County) reports that 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. EASTLAKE H S is one of 273 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students).

MISSION RIDGE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EASTLAKE H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EASTLAKE H S at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 39%: 2,164 students in 2018 compared to 3,004 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.