VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S

Located at 919 HUNTER DR, in EL PASO, Texas, VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S is a minimally staffed senior high that works with 273 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by YSLETA ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S sits 66% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 49 schools in YSLETA ISD (34,062 students total), VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S logs that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below El Paso County's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S 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%; VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S posts 80.9%, +35.8 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for El Paso County shows median household income runs about $59,806, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S is one.

BEL AIR MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 53.1%.

VALLE VERDE EARLY COLLEGE H S operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 30%: 389 students in 2018 compared to 273 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 6% to 1%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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