FABENS EL

FABENS EL is a close-knit K-5 school in FABENS, Texas, part of FABENS ISD. The school hosts 421 students in grades pre-K through 2.

FABENS EL is one of 4 schools operated by FABENS ISD, a district that educates 1,865 students overall.

On demographics, FABENS EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, FABENS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.4%, the actual is 25.5%, a residual of -8.9 points.

In the surrounding community, El Paso County reports that median household income runs about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which FABENS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FABENS MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FABENS EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

FABENS EL operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FABENS EL has edged down 37%, going from 670 students in 2018 to 421 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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