YSLETA MIDDLE

YSLETA MIDDLE is one of the mid-tier middle-grades schools in EL PASO, Texas, part of YSLETA ISD, with 682 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

YSLETA ISD runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 34,062 students. YSLETA MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, YSLETA MIDDLE records that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, YSLETA MIDDLE has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, YSLETA MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.1%.

In the area at large, 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 roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which YSLETA MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: YSLETA H S, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), YSLETA MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. YSLETA MIDDLE's enrollment has climbed 14% since 2018, when it stood at 597 (now 682). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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