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GONZALO AND SOFIA GARCIA EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GONZALO AND SOFIA GARCIA EL
Set in EL PASO, Texas, GONZALO AND SOFIA GARCIA EL is a low-enrollment elementary campus, run under CANUTILLO ISD. It educates 424 students across grades pre-K through 5.
CANUTILLO ISD runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,747 students. GONZALO AND SOFIA GARCIA EL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, GONZALO AND SOFIA GARCIA EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Other groups include 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GONZALO AND SOFIA GARCIA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.1%, the actual is 43.7%, a residual of -1.4 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (El Paso County) reports that 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 GONZALO AND SOFIA GARCIA EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: JOSE H DAMIAN EL, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GONZALO AND SOFIA GARCIA EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GONZALO AND SOFIA GARCIA EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Trend over the last 7 years. GONZALO AND SOFIA GARCIA EL's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 504 (now 424). Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.
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