JOSE H DAMIAN EL

JOSE H DAMIAN EL operates as a moderately sized primary school in CANUTILLO, Texas, operated by CANUTILLO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 473 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in CANUTILLO ISD (5,747 students total), JOSE H DAMIAN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JOSE H DAMIAN EL logs that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at JOSE H DAMIAN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOSE H DAMIAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for El Paso County shows median household earnings sit near $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), JOSE H DAMIAN EL is one campus in the mix.

GONZALO AND SOFIA GARCIA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOSE H DAMIAN EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOSE H DAMIAN EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 506 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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