JEFFERSON H S

JEFFERSON H S is one of the reasonably sized high schools in EL PASO, Texas, operated by EL PASO ISD, with 998 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 25% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

Within EL PASO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 48,118 students, JEFFERSON H S is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, JEFFERSON H S records that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, JEFFERSON H S reports 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, JEFFERSON H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.8%; this one delivers 33.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household earnings sit near $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which JEFFERSON H S is one.

SILVA HEALTH MAGNET is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JEFFERSON H S comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.

JEFFERSON H S operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. JEFFERSON H S's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,056 (now 998).

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