JAMES P BUTLER EL

Set in EL PASO, Texas, JAMES P BUTLER EL is a sizable elementary campus, run under SOCORRO ISD. It instructs 884 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so JAMES P BUTLER EL sits 70% bigger than that benchmark.

SOCORRO ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 46,668 students. JAMES P BUTLER EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, JAMES P BUTLER EL records that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 9% White, 3% Black. Compared to El Paso County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of El Paso County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, JAMES P BUTLER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.3%; this one delivers 47.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for El Paso County put 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. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), JAMES P BUTLER EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SSG MANUEL R PUENTES, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JAMES P BUTLER EL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.4%.

JAMES P BUTLER EL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 1,005 students in 2018 compared to 884 in 2025.

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