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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at SAGELAND EL this year?
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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YSLETA ISD·NCES 484668005339
SAGELAND EL
7901 SANTA MONICA CT, EL PASO, TX 79915 · (915) 434-2900 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
533 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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
47.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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
601
+64 (+12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.7:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
96%
was 98%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SAGELAND EL
Set in EL PASO, Texas, SAGELAND EL is a moderately sized elementary school, operated by YSLETA ISD. It hosts 601 students across grades pre-K through 5.
YSLETA ISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 34,062 students; SAGELAND EL is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, SAGELAND EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%); the rest consists of 2% 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 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SAGELAND EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SAGELAND EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.2%, the actual is 45.7%, a residual of +10.5 points.
Around the school, 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%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), SAGELAND EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: BEL AIR H S, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAGELAND EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.0%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAGELAND EL has edged up 12%, going from 537 students in 2018 to 601 in 2025.
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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 YSLETA ISD
- EASTWOOD H SHigh · 2,295 students
- BEL AIR H SHigh · 1,866 students
- DEL VALLE H SHigh · 1,798 students
- PARKLAND H SHigh · 1,565 students
- J M HANKS H SHigh · 1,364 students
- EASTWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 1,280 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
- BEL AIR H S0.2 mi · 1,866
- BEL AIR MIDDLE0.4 mi · 1,002
- NORTH LOOP EL0.9 mi · 534
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY1.0 mi · 320
- VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S1.1 mi · 273
- EL PASO ACADEMY1.3 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About SAGELAND ELHow many students attend SAGELAND EL?
SAGELAND EL enrolls approximately 601 students in grades PK-05.
Is SAGELAND EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SAGELAND EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SAGELAND EL have?
SAGELAND EL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at SAGELAND EL?
Student demographics at SAGELAND EL are roughly 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is SAGELAND EL in?
SAGELAND EL is part of YSLETA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.