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O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY

1800 LEROY BONSE DR, EL PASO, TX 79936 · (915) 937-7200 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
526 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
196
Kindergarten
96
Grade 1
61
Grade 2
90
Grade 3
71
Grade 4
78
Grade 5
80
Student demographics
White
376%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
61992%
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 54%
Black
91%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 13%
Two+
61%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
36554%
Female
30746%

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
52.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +42.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 42 points.

Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
672
-221 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 20.0:1
% White
6%
was 2%
% Hispanic
92%
was 97%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY

O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in EL PASO, Texas, part of SOCORRO ISD, with 672 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% above the state mean of about 519.

Within SOCORRO ISD, which oversees 51 schools and 46,668 students, O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.7%; this one delivers 46.9%.

Zooming out to the 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%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY is one.

WILLIAM D SLIDER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY's enrollment has declined 25% since 2018, when it stood at 893 (now 672). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 97% to 92% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.

El Paso County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY
District
SOCORRO ISD
Address
1800 LEROY BONSE DR, EL PASO, TX 79936
Phone
(915) 937-7200
County
El Paso County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
672
Teachers (FTE)
46
Student–teacher ratio
14.6:1
Free/Reduced lunch
526 (78%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
484071006481
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in SOCORRO ISD
Other schools in EL PASO
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Frequently asked questions

About O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY
What is the total enrollment at O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY?
O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY enrolls approximately 672 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY serve?
O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY is approximately 14.6:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY?
O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY reports a student body of 6% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY?
O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY is overseen by SOCORRO ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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