SCOTSDALE EL

Set in EL PASO, Texas, SCOTSDALE EL is a mid-tier elementary school, one of the schools within YSLETA ISD. It instructs 749 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Within YSLETA ISD, which oversees 49 schools and 34,062 students, SCOTSDALE EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, SCOTSDALE EL logs that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 4% White. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SCOTSDALE EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.6%; SCOTSDALE EL posts 64.0%, +19.4 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for El Paso County shows median household income runs about $59,806, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 SCOTSDALE EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CIELO VISTA EL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCOTSDALE EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 850 students in 2018 compared to 749 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for SCOTSDALE EL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.