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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830010646
William C Herrera Elementary School
350 COATES DR, EL PASO, TX 79932 · (915) 774-7700 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
358 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 69 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 35.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 16.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →
Schools most like William C Herrera Elementary School
William C Herrera Elementary School's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William C Herrera Elementary School this school | 496 | 72.2% | 44.9% |
| Myers Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 459 | 70.8% | 43.6% |
| Long Elementary School HARLINGEN | 475 | 73.5% | 41.8% |
| Welder Elementary School SINTON | 520 | 71.9% | N/A |
| Tierra Del Sol Elementary School EL PASO | 502 | 74.7% | 57.5% |
| Jose H Damian Elementary School CANUTILLO | 473 | 68.5% | 46.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where William C Herrera Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,973 of 4,401 | #67 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,277 of 4,466 ▼ 997 | #77 of 133 ▼ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,144 of 4,466 ▼ 451 | #79 of 133 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,684 of 3,998 | #103 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #2,592 of 4,938 | #76 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,513 of 4,622 | #51 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #3,844 of 4,628 | #45 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.2% | #2,436 of 4,789 | #96 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #1,905 of 2,838 | #75 of 93 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
496
-52 (-9%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 496 | 35.5 | 14.0:1 | 72% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 37.2 | 14.4:1 | 75% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 41.7 | 13.7:1 | 80% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 43 | 12.7:1 | 82% (448) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 40.2 | 14.0:1 | 75% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 72% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 73% (308) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William C Herrera Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (561 to 496); teachers down 12% (40.2 to 35.5).
About William C Herrera Elementary School
William C Herrera Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools in EL PASO ISD. The school's enrollment of 496 students covers pre-K through 5.
EL PASO ISD runs 76 schools with a combined 48,118 students. William C Herrera Elementary School is one of them.
At William C Herrera Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 91% of the student body. Smaller groups are 7% White. By the diversity index, William C Herrera Elementary School comes in at 17%.
The teaching staff at William C Herrera Elementary School is 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. About 72% of students, or 358, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 74% average for public schools in El Paso County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, William C Herrera Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 44.9% actual against 42.9% predicted.
El Paso County has about 870,779 residents, and median household income is about $59,806, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 273 public schools in El Paso County, with a combined enrollment of about 165,404.
El Paso Academy West is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 45.4% on proficiency, and William C Herrera Elementary School is below that at 44.9%.
The NCES locale for William C Herrera Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 496, 9% below the 548 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.7 to 14.0 over 4 years.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Chapin High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- El Paso High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Hornedo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,442 students
- Don Haskins PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- El Paso Academy West0.7 mi · 113
- Davinci School for Science and the Arts0.8 mi · 982
- Brown Middle School0.9 mi · 699
- Don Haskins PK-81.3 mi · 1,405
- Guerrero Elementary School1.4 mi · 342
- Kohlberg Elementary School1.4 mi · 418
Frequently asked questions
About William C Herrera Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at William C Herrera Elementary School?
William C Herrera Elementary School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades PK-05.
Is William C Herrera Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
William C Herrera Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does William C Herrera Elementary School have?
William C Herrera Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at William C Herrera Elementary School?
At William C Herrera Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 91% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is William C Herrera Elementary School public or private?
William C Herrera Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EL PASO ISD.
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