PUTNAM EL

PUTNAM EL is a close-knit elementary-level community in EL PASO, Texas, run under EL PASO ISD. The school works with 260 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so PUTNAM EL sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

Within EL PASO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 48,118 students, PUTNAM EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PUTNAM EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). The remainder looks like 10% White, 3% Black. Compared to El Paso County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 77% of students at PUTNAM EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PUTNAM EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.3%, the actual is 41.4%, a residual of +1.1 points.

Around the school, El Paso County reports that median household income runs about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), PUTNAM EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CORONADO H S, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PUTNAM EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PUTNAM EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.5%.

PUTNAM EL operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PUTNAM EL has declined 37%, going from 415 students in 2018 to 260 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 5% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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