MAGOFFIN MIDDLE

As an intimate junior high in EL PASO, Texas, MAGOFFIN MIDDLE instructs 541 students from grades 6 through 8, part of EL PASO ISD.

EL PASO ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 48,118 students; MAGOFFIN MIDDLE is among them.

On the student-mix side, MAGOFFIN MIDDLE lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Beyond that, the school lists 2% Black, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MAGOFFIN MIDDLE has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MAGOFFIN MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 30.5%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household income runs about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), MAGOFFIN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SUNRISE MOUNTAIN EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MAGOFFIN MIDDLE comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. MAGOFFIN MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 27% since 2018, when it stood at 744 (now 541).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.