SILVA HEALTH MAGNET

SILVA HEALTH MAGNET operates as a close-knit four-year high school in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools within EL PASO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 544 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so SILVA HEALTH MAGNET sits 32% below that benchmark.

SILVA HEALTH MAGNET is one of 76 schools operated by EL PASO ISD, a district that serves 48,118 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SILVA HEALTH MAGNET reports that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% White, 4% Asian, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, SILVA HEALTH MAGNET logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than El Paso County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SILVA HEALTH MAGNET 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 45.1%; SILVA HEALTH MAGNET posts 83.3%, +38.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (El Paso County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 SILVA HEALTH MAGNET is one.

The closest other public school is JEFFERSON H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SILVA HEALTH MAGNET at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

SILVA HEALTH MAGNET operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. SILVA HEALTH MAGNET's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 721 (now 544). Class-load math has tightened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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