VISTA HILLS EL

VISTA HILLS EL operates as a close-knit elementary campus in EL PASO, Texas, operated by YSLETA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 439 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

YSLETA ISD runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 34,062 students. VISTA HILLS EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, VISTA HILLS EL records that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 2% Black, 2% White. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, VISTA HILLS EL records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, VISTA HILLS EL 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 41.8%; VISTA HILLS EL posts 64.9%, +23.1 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for El Paso County put the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which VISTA HILLS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: J M HANKS H S, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VISTA HILLS EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 61.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. VISTA HILLS EL's enrollment has shrank 33% since 2018, when it stood at 653 (now 439). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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