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SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE
Located at 321 N RIO VISTA RD, in EL PASO, Texas, SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE is a tight-knit middle school that caters to 544 students (grades 6 through 8), part of SOCORRO ISD.
Within SOCORRO ISD, which oversees 51 schools and 46,668 students, SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE reports that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 88% of students at SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE qualify 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.6%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household earnings sit near $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE is one.
IDEA RIO VISTA ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.1%.
SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE operates from a commuter-belt location.
Looking at the recent track record. SALVADOR SANCHEZ MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 662 (now 544).
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