HAWKINS EL

HAWKINS EL is a compact elementary school in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools within EL PASO ISD. The school enrolls 256 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 51% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within EL PASO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 48,118 students, HAWKINS EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, HAWKINS EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HAWKINS EL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at HAWKINS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above El Paso County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HAWKINS EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 34.1%; actual is 56.2%, +22.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for El Paso County shows median household income runs about $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which HAWKINS EL is one.

The closest other public school is COOLEY EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HAWKINS EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. HAWKINS EL's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 298 (now 256).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.