Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830001721
ZACH WHITE EL
4256 ROXBURY DR, EL PASO, TX 79922 · (915) 584-1141 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
209 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
395
-79 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.5:1
% White
15%
was 17%
% Hispanic
83%
was 81%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ZACH WHITE EL
ZACH WHITE EL is a low-enrollment K-5 school in EL PASO, Texas, run under EL PASO ISD. The school educates 395 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ZACH WHITE EL sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.
ZACH WHITE EL is one of 76 schools operated by EL PASO ISD, a district that caters to 48,118 students overall.
Looking at the student body, ZACH WHITE EL lists that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 15% White, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, On paper, ZACH WHITE EL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at ZACH WHITE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ZACH WHITE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 44.5%, a residual of -6.3 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (El Paso County) records that the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ZACH WHITE EL is one of 273 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students).
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ZACH WHITE EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.3%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ZACH WHITE EL has decreased 17%, going from 474 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- CHAPIN H SHigh · 1,766 students
- EL PASO H SHigh · 1,636 students
- HORNEDO MIDDLEMiddle · 1,442 students
- DON HASKINS PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 550
- CORONADO H S1.8 mi · 2,576
- DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 524
- PUTNAM EL2.1 mi · 260
- GUERRERO EL2.4 mi · 342
- DON HASKINS PK-82.6 mi · 1,405
Frequently asked questions
About ZACH WHITE ELHow many students attend ZACH WHITE EL?
ZACH WHITE EL enrolls approximately 395 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ZACH WHITE EL serve?
ZACH WHITE EL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ZACH WHITE EL have?
ZACH WHITE EL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at ZACH WHITE EL?
Student demographics at ZACH WHITE EL are roughly 15% White, 83% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is ZACH WHITE EL in?
ZACH WHITE EL is part of EL PASO ISD.
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