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Enrollment
914
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOCORRO ISD·NCES 484071013106
PURPLE HEART EL
14400 GR CAMPUZANO, EL PASO, TX 79938 · (915) 938-2200 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL914 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
656 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
Student demographics
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
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 43.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 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 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
914
-1 (0%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 18.5:1
% White
10%
was 7%
% Hispanic
82%
was 84%
% Black
5%
was 6%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PURPLE HEART EL
PURPLE HEART EL is one of the well-populated elementary schools in EL PASO, Texas, part of SOCORRO ISD, with 914 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so PURPLE HEART EL sits 76% bigger than that benchmark.
SOCORRO ISD comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 46,668 students; PURPLE HEART EL is among them.
Demographically, PURPLE HEART EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%); the rest reads as 10% White, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, PURPLE HEART EL lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PURPLE HEART EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 43.6%, a residual of +0.6 points.
Across the wider 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 the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which PURPLE HEART EL is one.
HURSHEL ANTWINE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PURPLE HEART EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PURPLE HEART EL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.3%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Over the past 7-year window. PURPLE HEART EL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 915 (now 914).
In the discussion threads here, members of the PURPLE HEART EL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
- EL DORADO H SHigh · 2,109 students
- AMERICAS H SHigh · 2,049 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- HURSHEL ANTWINE MIDDLE0.9 mi · 701
- CHESTER E JORDAN0.9 mi · 755
- SPEC RAFAEL HERNANDO MIDDLE1.6 mi · 707
- SGT ROBERTO ITUARTE1.6 mi · 659
- EL DORADO H S1.8 mi · 2,109
- SSG MANUEL R PUENTES2.0 mi · 1,031
Frequently asked questions
About PURPLE HEART ELHow many students attend PURPLE HEART EL?
PURPLE HEART EL enrolls approximately 914 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PURPLE HEART EL serve?
PURPLE HEART EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PURPLE HEART EL?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at PURPLE HEART EL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PURPLE HEART EL?
At PURPLE HEART EL, the student body is approximately 10% White, 82% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PURPLE HEART EL public or private?
PURPLE HEART EL 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.