J M HANKS H S

Set in EL PASO, Texas, J M HANKS H S is a sizable high school, one of the schools within YSLETA ISD. It enrolls 1,364 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 71% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

YSLETA ISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 34,062 students; J M HANKS H S is among them.

In terms of who attends, J M HANKS H S logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). The remainder reads as 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), J M HANKS H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.8%; actual is 66.0%, +23.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household income runs about $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), J M HANKS H S is one campus in the mix.

VISTA HILLS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J M HANKS H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), J M HANKS H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 58.5%.

J M HANKS H S operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. J M HANKS H S's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 1,733 (now 1,364).

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