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SOCORRO MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SOCORRO MIDDLE
SOCORRO MIDDLE is a middle school of modestly sized scale in EL PASO, Texas, operated by SOCORRO ISD, enrolling 510 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% smaller than the state mean of about 643.
Within SOCORRO ISD, which oversees 51 schools and 46,668 students, SOCORRO MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, SOCORRO MIDDLE records 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%.
On the resource side, SOCORRO MIDDLE shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting SOCORRO MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
With demographic context factored in, SOCORRO MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.7%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household income runs about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 SOCORRO MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: ESCONTRIAS STEAM ACADEMY, around 1.0 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), SOCORRO MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.5%.
SOCORRO MIDDLE operates from a suburban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOCORRO MIDDLE has shrank 19%, going from 631 students in 2018 to 510 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for SOCORRO MIDDLE typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
El Paso County at a glance
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