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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOCORRO ISD·NCES 484071006480
ROBERT R ROJAS EL
500 BAUMAN RD, EL PASO, TX 79927 · (915) 937-8500 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
415 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 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
41.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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
490
-41 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.7:1
% White
5%
was 2%
% Hispanic
93%
was 98%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ROBERT R ROJAS EL
ROBERT R ROJAS EL, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in EL PASO, Texas, overseen by SOCORRO ISD, hosts 490 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
ROBERT R ROJAS EL is one of 51 schools operated by SOCORRO ISD, a district that serves 46,668 students overall.
In terms of who attends, ROBERT R ROJAS EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest consists of 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ROBERT R ROJAS EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of El Paso County's rate of about 74%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ROBERT R ROJAS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.9%; this one delivers 37.4%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (El Paso County) logs 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%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which ROBERT R ROJAS EL is one.
ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROBERT R ROJAS EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROBERT R ROJAS EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.4%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROBERT R ROJAS EL has shrank 8%, going from 531 students in 2018 to 490 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 98% to 93% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.
On this page, members of the ROBERT R ROJAS EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- ERNESTO SERNA FINE ARTS ACADEMY0.9 mi · 831
- DESERT WIND EL1.9 mi · 521
- SOCORRO MIDDLE2.0 mi · 510
- CAMPESTRE EL2.0 mi · 488
- H D HILLEY EL2.2 mi · 483
- SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE2.4 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About ROBERT R ROJAS ELWhat is the total enrollment at ROBERT R ROJAS EL?
ROBERT R ROJAS EL enrolls approximately 490 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ROBERT R ROJAS EL serve?
ROBERT R ROJAS EL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROBERT R ROJAS EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROBERT R ROJAS EL is approximately 16.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROBERT R ROJAS EL?
At ROBERT R ROJAS EL, the student body is approximately 5% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is ROBERT R ROJAS EL public or private?
ROBERT R ROJAS 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.