YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM RESEARCH & PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Located at 2231 ARIZONA AVE, in EL PASO, Texas, YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM RESEARCH & PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a tight-knit four-year high school that works with 443 students (grades 6 through 12), overseen by EL PASO ISD. That puts it 44% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

EL PASO ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 48,118 students. YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM RESEARCH & PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM RESEARCH & PREPARATORY ACADEMY records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder breaks down as 17% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM RESEARCH & PREPARATORY ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.6%, the actual is 50.3%, a residual of +2.8 points.

In the area at large, El Paso County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM RESEARCH & PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MORENO MONTESSORI, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM RESEARCH & PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM RESEARCH & PREPARATORY ACADEMY at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM RESEARCH & PREPARATORY ACADEMY has increased 143%, going from 182 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 10% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the YOUNG WOMEN'S STEAM RESEARCH & PREPARATORY ACADEMY community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.