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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830007591
KOHLBERG EL
1445 NARDO GOODMAN, EL PASO, TX 79912 · (915) 833-9405 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
262 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
61.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
418
-188 (-31%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 14.5:1
% White
8%
was 11%
% Hispanic
88%
was 82%
% Black
0%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About KOHLBERG EL
As a cozy elementary-level community in EL PASO, Texas, KOHLBERG EL caters to 418 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by EL PASO ISD.
Within EL PASO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 48,118 students, KOHLBERG EL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, KOHLBERG EL shows that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 8% White, 2% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, KOHLBERG EL records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KOHLBERG EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at KOHLBERG EL 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%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, KOHLBERG EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.5%, the actual is 48.9%, a residual of +2.4 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 KOHLBERG EL is one.
CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KOHLBERG EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KOHLBERG EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.0%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 31%: 606 students in 2018 compared to 418 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 82% to 88%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, members of the KOHLBERG EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- CHAPIN H SHigh · 1,766 students
- EL PASO H SHigh · 1,636 students
- HORNEDO MIDDLEMiddle · 1,442 students
- DON HASKINS PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- CONGRESSMAN SILVESTRE & CAROLINA SCHOOL0.7 mi · 577
- BROWN MIDDLE0.7 mi · 699
- FRANKLIN H S1.1 mi · 2,835
- TIPPIN EL1.2 mi · 784
- HOWARD BURNHAM EL1.3 mi · 388
- WILLIAM C HERRERA EL1.4 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About KOHLBERG ELHow large is KOHLBERG EL?
KOHLBERG EL enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does KOHLBERG EL serve?
KOHLBERG EL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KOHLBERG EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KOHLBERG EL is approximately 11.2:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at KOHLBERG EL?
Student demographics at KOHLBERG EL are roughly 8% White, 88% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees KOHLBERG EL?
KOHLBERG EL is overseen by EL PASO ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.