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Enrollment
1,364
High
DISTRICT 983 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YSLETA ISD·NCES 484668005323
J M Hanks High School
2001 LEE TREVINO DR, EL PASO, TX 79935 · (915) 434-5000 · El Paso County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,364 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Texas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
972 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 362 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 346 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 322 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 334 | 24% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
67.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +41.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 55.0% | 15.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 41.0% | 26.0% | 11.0% |
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 | 67.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 J M Hanks High School
J M Hanks High School's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J M Hanks High School this school | 1,364 | 71.3% | 65.7% |
| Burges High School EL PASO | 1,394 | 72.7% | 49.8% |
| Hereford High School HEREFORD | 1,182 | 73.7% | 38.3% |
| Harmony Science Academy (el Paso) EL PASO | 1,034 | 73.6% | 59.5% |
| Rowe High School MC ALLEN | 1,905 | 70.2% | 58.6% |
| Harlingen H S - South HARLINGEN | 2,019 | 70.9% | 48.3% |
Matched among Texas high 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 J M Hanks High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #347 of 1,385 | #8 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #244 of 1,425 ▼ 40 | #2 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #440 of 1,425 ▲ 61 | #11 of 45 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #622 of 1,184 | #18 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,364 | #483 of 2,107 | #18 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #737 of 1,344 | #15 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.8% | #1,188 of 1,346 | #23 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #555 of 1,522 | #32 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #97 of 557 | #8 of 28 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,364
-166 (-11%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 2,895
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 1,364 | 90.9 | 15.0:1 | 71% (972) |
| 2023-24 | 1,387 | 95 | 14.6:1 | 62% (865) |
| 2022-23 | 1,454 | 97.1 | 15.0:1 | 64% (929) |
| 2020-21 | 1,530 | 109 | 14.0:1 | 63% (966) |
| 2017-18 | 1,733 | 110.9 | 15.6:1 | 68% (1,187) |
| 2015-16 | 1,824 | 119 | 15.3:1 | 69% (1,267) |
| 2010-11 | 2,063 | 148 | 13.9:1 | 62% (1,274) |
| 2000-01 | 2,624 | 161 | 16.3:1 | 39% (1,016) |
| 1990-91 | 2,895 | 142 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J M Hanks High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (1,733 to 1,364); teachers down 18% (110.9 to 90.9).
About J M Hanks High School
J M Hanks High School is a high school with a street address in EL PASO, Texas. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,364 students. The average for high schools in Texas is about 796 students, so this school is 71% above average.
J M Hanks High School is part of YSLETA ISD, where 49 schools serve 34,062 students.
The student body at J M Hanks High School is 94% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 83%. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 90.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.0:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Around 71% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
J M Hanks High School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
J M Hanks High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 65.7%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas are predicted to post 43.3%, so the school is 22.4 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Among El Paso County residents, the median household income is $59,806, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Besides J M Hanks High School, El Paso County has 272 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Vista Hills Elementary School, at about 0.4 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. J M Hanks High School comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes J M Hanks High School as City: Large.
Enrollment declined 11% from its 2020-21 level of 1,530.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 YSLETA ISD
- Eastwood High SchoolHigh · 2,295 students
- Bel Air High SchoolHigh · 1,866 students
- Del Valle High SchoolHigh · 1,798 students
- Parkland High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Eastwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,280 students
- Ysleta High SchoolHigh · 1,168 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
- Vista Hills Elementary School0.4 mi · 439
- Glen Cove Elementary School0.5 mi · 537
- Tierra Del Sol Elementary School0.7 mi · 502
- Eastwood Middle School1.0 mi · 1,280
- Hanks Middle School1.3 mi · 1,000
- Eastwood Heights Elementary School1.3 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About J M Hanks High SchoolHow large is J M Hanks High School?
J M Hanks High School enrolls approximately 1,364 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does J M Hanks High School serve?
J M Hanks High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at J M Hanks High School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at J M Hanks High School.
How diverse is J M Hanks High School?
J M Hanks High School reports a student body of 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees J M Hanks High School?
J M Hanks High School is overseen by YSLETA ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.