YSLETA H S

YSLETA H S is one of the mid-sized 9-12 campuss in EL PASO, Texas, run under YSLETA ISD, with 1,168 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so YSLETA H S sits 47% bigger than that benchmark.

YSLETA H S is one of 49 schools operated by YSLETA ISD, a district that instructs 34,062 students overall.

Looking at the student body, YSLETA H S lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, YSLETA H S has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 89% of students at YSLETA H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of El Paso County's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, YSLETA H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 45.3%.

In the broader community, census data for El Paso County shows median household income runs about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), YSLETA H S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is YSLETA EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around YSLETA H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), YSLETA H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YSLETA H S has contracted 15%, going from 1,371 students in 2018 to 1,168 in 2025.

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