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What's the vibe like in the hallways at GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 right now?
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Enrollment
889
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830001701
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8
8101 WHITUS DR, EL PASO, TX 79925 · (915) 236-8750 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL889 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
683 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 43.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
889
+63 (+8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.8:1
% White
4%
was 7%
% Hispanic
88%
was 86%
% Black
4%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8
Set in EL PASO, Texas, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 is a heavily attended K-5 school, run under EL PASO ISD. It serves 889 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 71% bigger than the state mean of about 519.
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 is one of 76 schools operated by EL PASO ISD, a district that caters to 48,118 students overall.
Demographically, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 reports that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 4% White, 4% Black.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of -1.4 points.
Across the wider county, El Paso County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: BURGES H S, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.4%.
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 operates from a metropolitan location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 has grew 8%, going from 826 students in 2018 to 889 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 EL PASO ISD
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- CHAPIN H SHigh · 1,766 students
- EL PASO H SHigh · 1,636 students
- HORNEDO MIDDLEMiddle · 1,442 students
- DON HASKINS PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- BURGES H S0.5 mi · 1,394
- CIELO VISTA EL0.6 mi · 287
- SCOTSDALE EL1.2 mi · 749
- EASTWOOD H S1.5 mi · 2,295
- RAMONA EL STEM ACADEMY1.7 mi · 386
- EASTWOOD KNOLLS INTERNATIONAL1.9 mi · 789
Frequently asked questions
About GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8What is the total enrollment at GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8?
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 enrolls approximately 889 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 serve?
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8.
What is the student diversity at GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8?
Student demographics at GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 are roughly 4% White, 88% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8?
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PK-8 is overseen by EL PASO ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.