Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830001720
WESTERN HILLS EL
530 THUNDERBIRD DR, EL PASO, TX 79912 · (915) 832-6950 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
261 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
63.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
436
-40 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.9:1
% White
9%
was 14%
% Hispanic
86%
was 81%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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 H SHigh · 2,835 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- CHAPIN H SHigh · 1,766 students
- EL PASO H SHigh · 1,636 students
- HORNEDO MIDDLEMiddle · 1,442 students
- DON HASKINS PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- RIVERA EL0.7 mi · 186
- PUTNAM EL1.1 mi · 260
- TEXASWORKS - EL PASO-MESA1.3 mi · 10
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL-EL PASO MESA1.3 mi · 121
- POLK EL1.4 mi · 649
- CORONADO H S1.4 mi · 2,576
Frequently asked questions
About WESTERN HILLS ELHow large is WESTERN HILLS EL?
WESTERN HILLS EL enrolls approximately 436 students in grades PK-05.
Is WESTERN HILLS EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WESTERN HILLS EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WESTERN HILLS EL have?
WESTERN HILLS EL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at WESTERN HILLS EL?
Student demographics at WESTERN HILLS EL are roughly 9% White, 86% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is WESTERN HILLS EL in?
WESTERN HILLS EL is part of EL PASO ISD.
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