LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Set in EL PASO, Texas, LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL is a tiny K-5 school, part of LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL. It hosts 195 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 62% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL is the operating authority for LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above El Paso County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.2%; this one delivers 26.3%.

In the surrounding community, El Paso County reports that median household income runs about $59,806, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: AOY EL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. LA FE PREPARATORY SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 249 students in 2018 compared to 195 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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