YSLETA PK CENTER

YSLETA PK CENTER, a reasonably sized primary school in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools within YSLETA ISD, serves 453 students, covering grade pre-K.

Across the 49 schools in YSLETA ISD (34,062 students total), YSLETA PK CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, YSLETA PK CENTER reports that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, YSLETA PK CENTER has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting YSLETA PK CENTER higher than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of El Paso County's rate of about 74%.

In the surrounding community, census data for El Paso County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, El Paso County runs 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), of which YSLETA PK CENTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: THOMAS MANOR, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 34%: 691 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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