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What's the biggest difference between MISSION EARLY COLLEGE H S and what you expected?
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Enrollment
410
High
DISTRICT 1,580 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOCORRO ISD·NCES 484071011217
Mission Early College High School
10700 GATEWAY E, EL PASO, TX 79927 · (915) 937-1200 · El Paso County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Texas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
270 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 97 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 100 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 111 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 102 | 25% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
92.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +54.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +48.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 54 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 48 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 66.0% | 6.0% | 2.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 42.0% | 36.0% | 16.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 92.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 0.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 31 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mission Early College High School
Mission Early College High School's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Early College High School this school | 410 | 65.9% | 76.4% |
| Sharyland Advanced Academic Academy MISSION | 481 | 66.1% | 81.8% |
| Cast Tech High School SAN ANTONIO | 451 | 64.1% | 62.4% |
| Travis Early College High School SAN ANTONIO | 408 | 68.4% | 72.8% |
| Achieve Early College High School MCALLEN | 428 | 68.2% | 85.4% |
| Lyford High School LYFORD | 439 | 62.9% | 37.7% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mission Early College High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #130 of 1,385 | #6 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #589 of 1,425 ▲ 137 | #14 of 45 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #54 of 1,425 ▲ 1 | #2 of 45 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #852 of 1,184 | #30 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #1,007 of 2,107 | #38 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,003 of 1,344 | #29 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #1,143 of 1,346 | #16 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #678 of 1,522 | #40 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #199 of 557 | #15 of 28 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
410
-66 (-14%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 19.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 410 | 24.8 | 16.5:1 | 66% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 18.9 | 22.5:1 | 68% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 22.9 | 19.4:1 | 72% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 63% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 23.1 | 20.3:1 | 72% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 23 | 20.2:1 | 72% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 65% (304) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Early College High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (468 to 410); teachers up 8% (23.1 to 24.8).
About Mission Early College High School
Mission Early College High School is a small high school in EL PASO, Texas, administered by SOCORRO ISD. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 410 students on the rolls. On average, high schools in Texas enroll around 796, and this school is 48% below that mark.
Mission Early College High School is a school in SOCORRO ISD. The district has 51 schools and 46,668 students.
Mission Early College High School is 92% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 5% White. That compares with about 83% Hispanic among all El Paso County residents. The diversity index for Mission Early College High School is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Mission Early College High School totals 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 66% of students (270) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 74% for public schools in El Paso County.
On the allk12 Grade, Mission Early College High School lands at A, ahead of 89% of Texas public high schools.
BeatsExpectations places Mission Early College High School in the top 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 30.9 points above it (76.4% actual, 45.6% predicted).
In the wider El Paso County area, median household income comes to about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. El Paso County's 273 public schools enroll about 165,404 students and include Mission Early College High School.
Among nearby public schools, Mission Ridge is closest at about 1.1 miles. Mission Early College High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 48.3%, lower than Mission Early College High School's 76.4%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 476 to 410, a 14% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.0:1 to 16.5:1.
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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 SOCORRO ISD
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- El Dorado High SchoolHigh · 2,109 students
- Americas High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Mission Early College High schools
One other US public school is named Mission Early College High. Mission Early College High School is the largest of the 2.
- Mission Early College HighSanta Clara, CA · 183 students
Nearby schools
- Mission Ridge1.1 mi · 1,052
- H D Hilley Elementary School1.3 mi · 483
- Hueco Elementary School1.6 mi · 573
- Salvador Sanchez Middle School1.8 mi · 544
- Options High School1.9 mi · 136
- Keys Academy1.9 mi · 56
Frequently asked questions
About Mission Early College High SchoolHow many students attend Mission Early College High School?
Mission Early College High School enrolls approximately 410 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Mission Early College High School serve?
Mission Early College High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Mission Early College High School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Mission Early College High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mission Early College High School?
At Mission Early College High School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Mission Early College High School public or private?
Mission Early College High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOCORRO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.