Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YSLETA ISD·NCES 484668005334
Ramona El STEM Academy
351 NICHOLS RD, EL PASO, TX 79915 · (915) 434-7700 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
352 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +40.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 40 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 41.0% | 22.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Ramona El STEM Academy
Ramona El STEM Academy's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramona El STEM Academy this school | 386 | 91.2% | 48.3% |
| Elma E Barrera Elementary School SANTA ROSA | 377 | 91.8% | 39.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 409 | 91.2% | 47.8% |
| Wilson Elementary School MCALLEN | 408 | 91.2% | 33.6% |
| Sullivan Environmental Science Academy SAN BENITO | 367 | 92.6% | 36.3% |
| Henry B Gonzalez Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 401 | 90.5% | 28.5% |
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 Ramona El STEM Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,599 of 4,401 | #46 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #738 of 4,466 ▲ 296 | #18 of 133 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,480 of 4,466 ▼ 180 | #53 of 133 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,765 of 3,998 | #67 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #3,604 of 4,938 | #106 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #619 of 4,622 | #24 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #4,225 of 4,628 | #92 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #931 of 4,789 | #20 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.7% | #234 of 1,307 | #6 of 27 |
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
386
+99 (+34%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 386 | 30.5 | 12.7:1 | 91% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 31.7 | 13.5:1 | 90% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 17.1 | 13.8:1 | 83% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 80% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 26.2 | 11.2:1 | 83% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 81% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 75% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 51% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 29 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ramona El STEM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (293 to 386); teachers up 16% (26.2 to 30.5).
About Ramona El STEM Academy
Ramona El STEM Academy is a small elementary school in EL PASO, Texas, under YSLETA ISD. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 386 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 26% below that mark.
YSLETA ISD has 49 schools; together they serve 34,062 students.
Hispanic students are 96% of those enrolled at Ramona El STEM Academy. The rest of enrollment is 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of El Paso County's population at about 83%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 7%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ramona El STEM Academy is 12.7:1, based on 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Ramona El STEM Academy counts 91% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 74% for public schools in El Paso County.
Ramona El STEM Academy's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.3% is 13.6 points above the 34.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of El Paso County, the median household earns about $59,806 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Across El Paso County, 273 public schools serve about 165,404 students.
Ramona El STEM Academy's closest public school neighbor is Riverside Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ramona El STEM Academy is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Ramona El STEM Academy is City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 386, compared with 287 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.7:1 to 12.7:1.
People who know Ramona El STEM Academy can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- J M Hanks High SchoolHigh · 1,364 students
- Eastwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,280 students
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- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
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- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
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Nearby schools
- Riverside Elementary School1.2 mi · 607
- Delta Academy1.2 mi · 53
- Valle Verde Early College High School1.4 mi · 273
- General Douglas Macarthur PK-81.7 mi · 889
- Cooley Elementary School1.8 mi · 393
- Riverside Middle School1.8 mi · 705
Frequently asked questions
About Ramona El STEM AcademyHow many students attend Ramona El STEM Academy?
Ramona El STEM Academy enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ramona El STEM Academy serve?
Ramona El STEM Academy serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ramona El STEM Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ramona El STEM Academy is approximately 12.7:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ramona El STEM Academy?
Student demographics at Ramona El STEM Academy are roughly 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Ramona El STEM Academy?
Ramona El STEM Academy is overseen by YSLETA ISD in El Paso County.
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