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Enrollment
784
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830010640
Tippin Elementary School
6541 BEAR RDG DR, EL PASO, TX 79912 · (915) 585-4750 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL784 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
221 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
80.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
61.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 56.0% | 24.0% | 14.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 80.0% | 61.0% |
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 73.0% |
| 2020-21 | 60.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Tippin Elementary School
Tippin Elementary School's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tippin Elementary School this school | 784 | 28.2% | 65.7% |
| Marguerite J Lundy Elementary School EL PASO | 831 | 28.3% | 64.7% |
| Gonzalez Elementary School MCALLEN | 818 | 28.1% | 74.1% |
| Ellison Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 780 | 32.6% | 53.9% |
| Stone Oak Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 804 | 33.2% | 79.9% |
| Cole Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 769 | 28.1% | 51.9% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Tippin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #484 of 4,401 | #6 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #872 of 4,466 ▼ 120 | #24 of 133 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #258 of 4,466 ▼ 30 | #1 of 133 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,713 of 3,998 | #65 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 784 | #508 of 4,938 | #29 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,836 of 4,622 | #84 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #2,803 of 4,628 | #8 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #4,260 of 4,789 | #139 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.3% | #164 of 1,307 | #4 of 27 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
784
+214 (+38%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 784 | 50.8 | 15.4:1 | 28% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 732 | 48.4 | 15.1:1 | 33% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 47.9 | 14.0:1 | 31% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 32% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 38.1 | 14.8:1 | 18% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 17% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 14% (97) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tippin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (563 to 784); teachers up 34% (38.1 to 50.8).
About Tippin Elementary School
Tippin Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school with its address in EL PASO, Texas. It serves 784 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
EL PASO ISD is the local district for Tippin Elementary School. It runs 76 schools with 48,118 students.
At Tippin Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 72% of the student body. The next largest groups are 15% White, 8% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 10 points below the 83% share among El Paso County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 50.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.4:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 28% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in El Paso County is 74%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Tippin Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.7%; the prediction is 61.6%.
El Paso County has these Census figures: the median household income is $59,806, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. In all, El Paso County has 273 public schools and roughly 165,404 students.
Marguerite J Lundy Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around Tippin Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Tippin Elementary School ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 65.7% versus a 56.9% average.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Tippin Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 570 in 2020-21 to 784 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.4:1, from 12.9:1.
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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 EL PASO ISD
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Chapin High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- El Paso High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Hornedo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,442 students
- Don Haskins PK-8Elementary · 1,405 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
- Marguerite J Lundy Elementary School1.0 mi · 831
- Hornedo Middle School1.2 mi · 1,442
- Kohlberg Elementary School1.2 mi · 418
- Franklin High School1.3 mi · 2,835
- Congressman Silvestre & Carolina School1.4 mi · 577
- Premier High School-El Paso Mesa1.4 mi · 121
Frequently asked questions
About Tippin Elementary SchoolHow large is Tippin Elementary School?
Tippin Elementary School enrolls approximately 784 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Tippin Elementary School serve?
Tippin Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tippin Elementary School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Tippin Elementary School.
How diverse is Tippin Elementary School?
Tippin Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 72% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Tippin Elementary School?
Tippin Elementary School is overseen by EL PASO ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.