WILLIAM D SLIDER MIDDLE

WILLIAM D SLIDER MIDDLE is a 6-8 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools within SOCORRO ISD, serveing 627 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within SOCORRO ISD, which oversees 51 schools and 46,668 students, WILLIAM D SLIDER MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WILLIAM D SLIDER MIDDLE lists that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WILLIAM D SLIDER MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.2%; this one delivers 45.3%.

In the broader community, 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 roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WILLIAM D SLIDER MIDDLE is one of 273 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students).

Nearest neighbor: O'SHEA KELEHER WHOLE CHILD ACADEMY, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIAM D SLIDER MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAM D SLIDER MIDDLE at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.9%.

WILLIAM D SLIDER MIDDLE operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 728 students in 2018 compared to 627 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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