ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY

Set in EL PASO, Texas, ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY is a high-enrollment elementary-level community, part of SOCORRO ISD. It enrolls 831 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY is one of 51 schools operated by SOCORRO ISD, a district that hosts 46,668 students overall.

On the student-mix side, ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY records that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: ROBERT R ROJAS EL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 730 (now 831).

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