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Enrollment
677
Middle
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLINT ISD·NCES 481443010634
Horizon Middle School
400 KENAZO AVE, EL PASO, TX 79928 · (915) 926-4700 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL677 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
553 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 217 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 226 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 234 | 35% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +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 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 30.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 28.0% | 35.0% | 32.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 48.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.0% | 12.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 11.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
Schools most like Horizon Middle School
Horizon Middle School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Middle School this school | 677 | 81.7% | 31.4% |
| Robert C Zamora Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 655 | 83.7% | 30.9% |
| Berta Cabaza Middle School SAN BENITO | 695 | 80.0% | 34.8% |
| Coakley Middle School HARLINGEN | 687 | 82.8% | 33.4% |
| Raul Perales Middle School LAREDO | 648 | 80.7% | 51.3% |
| Liberty Memorial Middle School SAN BENITO | 673 | 84.0% | 47.4% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Horizon Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #1,335 of 1,635 | #36 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,235 of 1,670 ▲ 47 | #36 of 41 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,122 of 1,670 ▼ 94 | #29 of 41 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #497 of 1,570 | #18 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 677 | #792 of 1,749 | #20 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,334 of 1,542 | #34 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.4% | #1,398 of 1,543 | #22 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.7% | #474 of 1,648 | #20 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #851 of 942 | #22 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
677
-57 (-8%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 931
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 677 | 39.4 | 17.2:1 | 82% (553) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 42.8 | 15.6:1 | 83% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 41.1 | 16.3:1 | 84% (561) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 84% (613) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 41.6 | 16.8:1 | 79% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 948 | 50 | 19.0:1 | 85% (809) |
| 2010-11 | 931 | 43 | 21.6:1 | 51% (471) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horizon Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (697 to 677); teachers down 5% (41.6 to 39.4).
About Horizon Middle School
Horizon Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle school in EL PASO, Texas. A federal count lists 677 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
Horizon Middle School belongs to CLINT ISD, a district of 14 schools and 10,077 students.
At Horizon Middle School, Hispanic students make up 95% of the student body. It is also 3% White. El Paso County's residents are about 83% Hispanic, 12 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Horizon Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 9%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.2:1, with 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 82%.
The model predicts 38.8% for a school in Texas with Horizon Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Horizon Middle School posts 31.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for El Paso County show that median household income is about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 273 public schools operate in El Paso County, serving about 165,404 students.
The nearest other public school, Desert Hills Elementary School, is about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Horizon Middle School ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
Horizon Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 677, 8% below the 734 of 2020-21.
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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 CLINT ISD
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Frank Macias Elementary SchoolElementary · 975 students
- Wm David Surratt Elementary SchoolElementary · 939 students
- Desert Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 928 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 775 students
- Clint High SchoolHigh · 747 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Horizon Middle schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Horizon Middle. Horizon Middle School is the 6th largest of the 9.
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLMOORHEAD, MN · 2,158 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLBismarck, ND · 1,124 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 1,008 students
- Horizon Middle SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 773 students
- Horizon Middle SchoolAURORA, CO · 714 students
Nearby schools
- Desert Hills Elementary School0.3 mi · 928
- Carroll T Welch Elementary School1.0 mi · 676
- IDEA Horizon Vista College Preparatory1.3 mi · 402
- IDEA Horizon Vista Academy1.3 mi · 742
- Horizon Heights Elementary School1.5 mi · 947
- Col John O Ensor Middle School1.5 mi · 1,070
Frequently asked questions
About Horizon Middle SchoolHow large is Horizon Middle School?
Horizon Middle School enrolls approximately 677 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Horizon Middle School serve?
Horizon Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Horizon Middle School?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Horizon Middle School.
How diverse is Horizon Middle School?
Horizon Middle School reports a student body of 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Horizon Middle School?
Horizon Middle School is overseen by CLINT ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.