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If you had an hour of school board time for GUILLEN MIDDLE, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
433
Middle
DISTRICT 701 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830001686
GUILLEN MIDDLE
900 S COTTON ST, EL PASO, TX 79901 · (915) 496-4620 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
424 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle 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 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
23.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
16.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
433
-344 (-44%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.5:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
99%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GUILLEN MIDDLE
GUILLEN MIDDLE, a close-knit middle school in EL PASO, Texas, run under EL PASO ISD, teaches 433 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 33% smaller than typical.
EL PASO ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 48,118 students; GUILLEN MIDDLE is among them.
Demographically, GUILLEN MIDDLE shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, GUILLEN MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 31.1%; GUILLEN MIDDLE posts 17.2%, -13.9 points below that line.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for El Paso County put the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), GUILLEN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is HART EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GUILLEN MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, GUILLEN MIDDLE comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Looking at the recent track record. GUILLEN MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 44% since 2018, when it stood at 777 (now 433).
On allk12, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- HART EL0.1 mi · 343
- LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 195
- AOY EL0.6 mi · 315
- DOUGLASS EL1.0 mi · 451
- EL PASO LEADERSHIP ACADEMY1.2 mi · 181
- BOWIE H S1.2 mi · 1,003
Frequently asked questions
About GUILLEN MIDDLEHow many students attend GUILLEN MIDDLE?
GUILLEN MIDDLE enrolls approximately 433 students in grades 06-08.
Is GUILLEN MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
GUILLEN MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does GUILLEN MIDDLE have?
GUILLEN MIDDLE employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at GUILLEN MIDDLE?
Student demographics at GUILLEN MIDDLE are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is GUILLEN MIDDLE in?
GUILLEN MIDDLE is part of EL PASO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.