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If you had an hour of school board time for SSG MANUEL R PUENTES, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,031
Middle
DISTRICT 747 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOCORRO ISD·NCES 484071012872
Ssg Manuel R Puentes
3216 TIM FOSTER, EL PASO, TX 79938 · (915) 937-9200 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,031 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
642 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 323 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 351 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 357 | 35% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +38.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 34.0% | 19.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 36.0% | 28.0% | 8.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 72.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 →
Schools most like Ssg Manuel R Puentes
Ssg Manuel R Puentes's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ssg Manuel R Puentes this school | 1,031 | 62.3% | 54.6% |
| Sun Ridge Middle School EL PASO | 978 | 64.6% | 46.8% |
| D J Red Simon Middle School KYLE | 898 | 58.7% | 30.5% |
| Zachry Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,043 | 59.5% | 41.0% |
| Nimitz Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 995 | 66.6% | 37.7% |
| Jordan Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 948 | 61.0% | 40.5% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ssg Manuel R Puentes ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #362 of 1,635 | #5 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #230 of 1,670 ▲ 87 | #5 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #260 of 1,670 ▲ 95 | #3 of 41 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +30.0pp | #78 of 1,570 | #1 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,031 | #257 of 1,749 | #5 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,297 of 1,542 | #31 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #1,229 of 1,543 | #7 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #893 of 1,648 | #38 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #345 of 437 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,031
-23 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,031 | 60.8 | 17.0:1 | 62% (642) |
| 2023-24 | 1,085 | 46 | 23.6:1 | 64% (691) |
| 2022-23 | 1,082 | 57.6 | 18.8:1 | 62% (673) |
| 2020-21 | 1,054 | 59 | 17.9:1 | 61% (642) |
| 2017-18 | 990 | 54.9 | 18.0:1 | 59% (580) |
| 2015-16 | 849 | 42 | 20.2:1 | 61% (514) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ssg Manuel R Puentes.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (990 to 1,031); teachers up 11% (54.9 to 60.8).
About Ssg Manuel R Puentes
Ssg Manuel R Puentes is a large middle school in EL PASO, Texas. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 1,031 students enrolled. That is 60% larger than the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
SOCORRO ISD serves 46,668 students across 51 schools.
Hispanic students are 84% of those enrolled at Ssg Manuel R Puentes. The next largest groups are 8% White and 5% Black. That is in line with El Paso County, where about 83% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 28, compared with 70 nationally.
Ssg Manuel R Puentes reported 60.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.0:1. Middle schools in Texas have an average ratio of 14.4:1. Roughly 62% of students at Ssg Manuel R Puentes can receive free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in El Paso County average 74%.
Among Texas public middle schools, Ssg Manuel R Puentes outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ssg Manuel R Puentes is +7.5 points: 54.6% actual, 47.1% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for El Paso County show that the median household earns about $59,806 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Across El Paso County, 273 public schools serve about 165,404 students.
Ssg Manuel R Puentes's nearest public school is James P Butler Elementary School (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ssg Manuel R Puentes ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Ssg Manuel R Puentes had 1,054 students in 2020-21 and 1,031 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
This page collects posts and questions about Ssg Manuel R Puentes, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 SOCORRO ISD
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- El Dorado High SchoolHigh · 2,109 students
- Americas High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- James P Butler Elementary School0.1 mi · 884
- Pebble Hills High School0.8 mi · 2,952
- Cactus Trails1.0 mi · 1,006
- Spec Rafael Hernando Middle School1.0 mi · 707
- Chester E Jordan1.1 mi · 755
- Sgt Roberto Ituarte1.1 mi · 659
Frequently asked questions
About Ssg Manuel R PuentesHow many students attend Ssg Manuel R Puentes?
Ssg Manuel R Puentes enrolls approximately 1,031 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Ssg Manuel R Puentes serve?
Ssg Manuel R Puentes serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Ssg Manuel R Puentes have?
Ssg Manuel R Puentes employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
How diverse is Ssg Manuel R Puentes?
Ssg Manuel R Puentes reports a student body of 8% White, 84% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Ssg Manuel R Puentes?
Ssg Manuel R Puentes is overseen by SOCORRO ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.