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TIPPIN EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TIPPIN EL
TIPPIN EL operates as a sizable elementary school in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools within EL PASO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 784 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so TIPPIN EL sits 51% bigger than that benchmark.
EL PASO ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 48,118 students; TIPPIN EL is among them.
On demographics, TIPPIN EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 15% White, 8% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 28% 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 somewhat below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TIPPIN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.6%; this one delivers 65.1%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for El Paso County put the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), TIPPIN EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is MARGUERITE J LUNDY EL, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TIPPIN EL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.
TIPPIN EL operates from a metropolitan location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 39%: 563 students in 2018 compared to 784 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 62% to 72%.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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