HUECO EL

HUECO EL is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in EL PASO, Texas, part of SOCORRO ISD, with 573 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 51 schools in SOCORRO ISD (46,668 students total), HUECO EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, HUECO EL records that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 2% White. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of El Paso County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, HUECO EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 38.9%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household income runs about $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. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which HUECO EL is one.

The closest other public school is SOCORRO H S, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HUECO EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 546 students in 2018 compared to 573 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.