LANCASTER EL

Set in EL PASO, Texas, LANCASTER EL is an average-sized elementary campus, overseen by YSLETA ISD. It educates 517 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 49 schools in YSLETA ISD (34,062 students total), LANCASTER EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LANCASTER EL shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, LANCASTER EL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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%.

After controlling for student poverty, LANCASTER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (El Paso County) records that median household earnings sit near $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), LANCASTER EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PRESA EL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LANCASTER EL. On composite proficiency, LANCASTER EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. LANCASTER EL's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 502 (now 517).

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