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What's one thing HUECO EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOCORRO ISD·NCES 484071005923
Hueco Elementary School
300 OLD HUECO TANKS RD, EL PASO, TX 79927 · (915) 937-7600 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
490 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 87 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 34.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Hueco Elementary School
Hueco Elementary School's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hueco Elementary School this school | 573 | 85.5% | 41.8% |
| Ruben Chavira Elementary School DEL RIO | 563 | 86.7% | 32.0% |
| Alfred Sorensen Elementary School SAN JUAN | 583 | 84.6% | 48.1% |
| Woodlawn Academy SAN ANTONIO | 595 | 85.5% | 26.2% |
| Lamar Elementary School DEL RIO | 547 | 87.0% | 38.4% |
| Mission Valley Elementary School EL PASO | 604 | 86.4% | 35.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Hueco Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #2,360 of 4,401 | #79 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,805 of 4,466 ▲ 51 | #60 of 133 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,444 of 4,466 ▼ 376 | #90 of 133 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,550 of 3,998 | #52 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #1,833 of 4,938 | #57 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #3,667 of 4,622 | #101 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.4% | #4,262 of 4,628 | #97 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #1,527 of 4,789 | #57 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #999 of 1,307 | #23 of 27 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
573
+74 (+15%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 573 | 34.6 | 16.6:1 | 86% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 25.7 | 22.8:1 | 87% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 36.8 | 15.4:1 | 89% (503) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 89% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 30.5 | 17.9:1 | 91% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 91% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 90% (475) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 84% (528) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 49 | 10.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hueco Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (546 to 573); teachers up 13% (30.5 to 34.6).
About Hueco Elementary School
Federal records list Hueco Elementary School as an elementary school in EL PASO, Texas. It reports enrollment of 573 students in pre-K through 5.
Hueco Elementary School is part of a district of 51 schools: SOCORRO ISD, with 46,668 students.
By race and ethnicity, Hueco Elementary School is 97% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 2% White. The school's Hispanic share is 14 points above the 83% share among El Paso County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.
For every teacher at Hueco Elementary School, there are about 16.6 students; the school has 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 490 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 86% of enrollment. On average, public schools in El Paso County report 74%.
Hueco Elementary School is 4.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (41.8% versus 37.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
The county, El Paso County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $59,806 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Counting Hueco Elementary School, El Paso County has 273 public schools.
Hueco Elementary School's nearest public school is Socorro High School (about 0.6 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Hueco Elementary School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose by 15% across 4 years, from 499 in 2020-21 to 573 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.7:1 in 2020-21 to 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 SOCORRO ISD
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- El Dorado High SchoolHigh · 2,109 students
- Americas High SchoolHigh · 2,049 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
Nearby schools
- Socorro High School0.6 mi · 2,579
- Salvador Sanchez Middle School0.7 mi · 544
- IDEA Rio Vista Academy0.8 mi · 696
- IDEA Rio Vista College Preparatory0.8 mi · 590
- Escontrias Steam Academy1.0 mi · 824
- H D Hilley Elementary School1.1 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Hueco Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hueco Elementary School?
Hueco Elementary School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hueco Elementary School serve?
Hueco Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hueco Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hueco Elementary School is approximately 16.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hueco Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hueco Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Hueco Elementary School in?
Hueco Elementary School is part of SOCORRO ISD.
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