MESITA EL

As a large K-5 school in EL PASO, Texas, MESITA EL teaches 916 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of EL PASO ISD. That puts it 76% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

MESITA EL is one of 76 schools operated by EL PASO ISD, a district that teaches 48,118 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MESITA EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). Beyond that, the school logs 8% White, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MESITA EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MESITA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.7%, the actual is 52.5%, a residual of +3.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household income runs about $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. MESITA EL is one of 273 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students).

The closest other public school is EL PASO H S, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MESITA EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MESITA EL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. MESITA EL's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,127 (now 916). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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