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What's the one class at PASO DEL NORTE FINE ARTS ACADEMY every student should take?
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Enrollment
862
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOCORRO ISD·NCES 484071009549
Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy
12300 TIERRA ESTE RD, EL PASO, TX 79938 · (915) 937-6200 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL862 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
620 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 97 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 143 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (143).
Student demographics
28%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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →
Schools most like Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy
Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy this school | 862 | 71.9% | 39.1% |
| Lujan-Chavez Elementary School EL PASO | 923 | 70.4% | 53.3% |
| Purple Heart Elementary School EL PASO | 914 | 71.8% | 43.6% |
| Southwest Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 728 | 72.5% | 43.2% |
| General Douglas Macarthur PK-8 EL PASO | 889 | 76.8% | 39.5% |
| Camino Real Elementary School NIEDERWALD | 962 | 71.2% | 31.6% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #2,712 of 4,401 | #93 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,450 of 4,466 ▲ 186 | #86 of 133 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,985 of 4,466 ▲ 418 | #69 of 133 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,551 of 3,998 | #53 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 862 | #270 of 4,938 | #20 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #4,045 of 4,622 | #116 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #3,490 of 4,628 | #21 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #2,450 of 4,789 | #97 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #685 of 2,838 | #38 of 93 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
862
+76 (+10%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 1,202
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 862 | 49.5 | 17.4:1 | 72% (620) |
| 2023-24 | 968 | 40.7 | 23.8:1 | 76% (734) |
| 2022-23 | 1,017 | 50.8 | 20.0:1 | 76% (775) |
| 2020-21 | 786 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 80% (630) |
| 2017-18 | 1,173 | 69.1 | 17.0:1 | 67% (788) |
| 2015-16 | 1,139 | 64 | 17.8:1 | 62% (702) |
| 2010-11 | 1,202 | 66 | 18.2:1 | 65% (787) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (1,173 to 862); teachers down 28% (69.1 to 49.5).
About Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy
Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy is a high-enrollment elementary school in EL PASO, Texas, under SOCORRO ISD. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 862 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
SOCORRO ISD enrolls 46,668 students, and its 51 schools include Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy.
The share of Hispanic students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy is 84%. The next largest groups are 7% White, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. In El Paso County overall, the Hispanic share is about 83%. The diversity index for Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy has 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 2.3 students per teacher. At Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy, 72% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in El Paso County is similar, at 74%.
Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.0% for Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy. The school posts 39.1%, 3.9 points below the prediction.
The school is in El Paso County, where median household income comes to about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. El Paso County counts 273 public schools with about 165,404 students.
Measured in a straight line, El Dorado High School is about 0.6 miles from Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy. The five-mile area around Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 76 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 17.4 students per teacher, compared with 15.4 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Nearby schools
- El Dorado High School0.6 mi · 2,109
- Lujan-Chavez Elementary School1.0 mi · 923
- Sun Ridge Middle School1.0 mi · 978
- Elfida Chavez Elementary School1.2 mi · 616
- Sgt Roberto Ituarte1.2 mi · 659
- El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East1.2 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Paso Del Norte Fine Arts AcademyHow large is Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy?
Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy enrolls approximately 862 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy serve?
Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy is approximately 17.4:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy?
Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy reports a student body of 7% White, 84% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy?
Paso Del Norte Fine Arts 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.