JOHN DRUGAN SCHOOL

Located at 12451 PELLICANO, in EL PASO, Texas, JOHN DRUGAN SCHOOL is a well-populated elementary-level community that hosts 990 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by SOCORRO ISD. That puts it 91% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

JOHN DRUGAN SCHOOL is one of 51 schools operated by SOCORRO ISD, a district that instructs 46,668 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JOHN DRUGAN SCHOOL shows that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting JOHN DRUGAN SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 59% of students at JOHN DRUGAN SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than El Paso County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, JOHN DRUGAN SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.9%.

In the area at large, census data for El Paso County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which JOHN DRUGAN SCHOOL is one.

SIERRA VISTA STEAM ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JOHN DRUGAN SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 1,150 students in 2018 compared to 990 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the JOHN DRUGAN SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.