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PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE

6045 NOVA WAY, EL PASO, TX 79924 · (915) 434-6300 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,146 STUDENTS
Enrollment
1,146
Middle
DISTRICT 969 · STATE 643
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
922 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Grade 6
388
Grade 7
388
Grade 8
370
Student demographics
White
474%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
1,03490%
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 54%
Black
454%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 13%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 6%
Two+
161%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3%
Pacific Islander
20%
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
62454%
Female
52246%

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
45.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +20.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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
1,146
-136 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.1:1
% White
4%
was 7%
% Hispanic
90%
was 86%
% Black
4%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE

PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE, a big middle-grades school in EL PASO, Texas, part of YSLETA ISD, works with 1,146 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE sits 78% larger than that benchmark.

YSLETA ISD runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 34,062 students. PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE reports that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 4% White, 4% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

PARKLAND H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.7%.

PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,282 (now 1,146). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 86% to 90% over that span.

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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
PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE
District
YSLETA ISD
Address
6045 NOVA WAY, EL PASO, TX 79924
Phone
(915) 434-6300
County
El Paso County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
1,146
Teachers (FTE)
68
Student–teacher ratio
16.8:1
Free/Reduced lunch
922 (80%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
484668005331
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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

About PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE
What is the total enrollment at PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE?
PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE enrolls approximately 1,146 students in grades 06-08.
Is PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE have?
PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE?
At PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE in?
PARKLAND PRE-ENGINEERING MIDDLE is part of YSLETA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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