PEBBLE HILLS EL

PEBBLE HILLS EL is a mid-tier elementary-level community in EL PASO, Texas, run under YSLETA ISD. The school serves 534 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PEBBLE HILLS EL is one of 49 schools operated by YSLETA ISD, a district that enrolls 34,062 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PEBBLE HILLS EL lists that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PEBBLE HILLS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, PEBBLE HILLS EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 37.9%; actual is 56.8%, +18.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, El Paso County reports that median household earnings sit near $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 PEBBLE HILLS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HANKS MIDDLE, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PEBBLE HILLS EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. PEBBLE HILLS EL's enrollment has edged down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 768 (now 534). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 92% to 97%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.