WESTERN HILLS EL

WESTERN HILLS EL is a modestly sized elementary campus in EL PASO, Texas, overseen by EL PASO ISD. The school hosts 436 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 76 schools in EL PASO ISD (48,118 students total), WESTERN HILLS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, WESTERN HILLS EL shows that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 9% White, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, WESTERN HILLS EL records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below El Paso County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WESTERN HILLS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.7%; this one delivers 50.4%.

In the surrounding community, 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%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), WESTERN HILLS EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RIVERA EL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WESTERN HILLS EL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 43.6%.

WESTERN HILLS EL operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. WESTERN HILLS EL's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 476 (now 436). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 81% to 86%.

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