Enrollment
186
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830001713
RUSK EL
3601 COPIA ST, EL PASO, TX 79930 · (915) 236-0475 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL186 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
167 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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
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
36.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
186
-117 (-39%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.7:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
98%
was 97%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About RUSK EL
Located at 3601 COPIA ST, in EL PASO, Texas, RUSK EL is an one-room-style elementary campus that serves 186 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under EL PASO ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so RUSK EL sits 64% smaller than that benchmark.
EL PASO ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 48,118 students. RUSK EL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, RUSK EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at RUSK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above El Paso County's rate of about 74%.
After controlling for student poverty, RUSK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 28.4%, a residual of -6.3 points.
In the broader community, census data for El Paso County shows 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 RUSK EL is one.
The closest other public school is CLENDENIN EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RUSK EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.1%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RUSK EL has decreased 39%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 186 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.
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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 EL PASO ISD
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- CHAPIN H SHigh · 1,766 students
- EL PASO H SHigh · 1,636 students
- HORNEDO MIDDLEMiddle · 1,442 students
- DON HASKINS PK-8Elementary · 1,405 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
- CLENDENIN EL0.7 mi · 438
- AUSTIN H S0.8 mi · 946
- TRAVIS EL0.9 mi · 200
- CPT GABRIEL NAVARRETE MIDDLE1.0 mi · 709
- BLISS EL1.0 mi · 459
- CROCKETT EL1.1 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About RUSK ELHow large is RUSK EL?
RUSK EL enrolls approximately 186 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does RUSK EL serve?
RUSK EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at RUSK EL?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at RUSK EL.
What is the student diversity at RUSK EL?
Student demographics at RUSK EL are roughly 2% White, 98% Hispanic.
Is RUSK EL public or private?
RUSK EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EL PASO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.