HORNEDO MIDDLE

HORNEDO MIDDLE operates as a well-populated intermediate school in EL PASO, Texas, run under EL PASO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,442 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 124% bigger than typical.

EL PASO ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 48,118 students. HORNEDO MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, HORNEDO MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 14% White, 4% Asian, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HORNEDO MIDDLE has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting HORNEDO MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HORNEDO MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household income runs about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), HORNEDO MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MARGUERITE J LUNDY EL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HORNEDO MIDDLE comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 11%: 1,304 students in 2018 compared to 1,442 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 22% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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