HILLSIDE EL

HILLSIDE EL is one of the cozy K-5 schools in EL PASO, Texas, overseen by EL PASO ISD, with 348 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

HILLSIDE EL is one of 76 schools operated by EL PASO ISD, a district that teaches 48,118 students overall.

On demographics, HILLSIDE EL logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 3% White. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HILLSIDE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, HILLSIDE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.2%.

In the surrounding community, El Paso County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,806, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HILLSIDE EL is one of 273 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students).

COLDWELL EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HILLSIDE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HILLSIDE EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.7%.

HILLSIDE EL operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HILLSIDE EL has declined 31%, going from 508 students in 2018 to 348 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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