ZAVALA EL

ZAVALA EL is a small elementary campus in EL PASO, Texas, operated by EL PASO ISD. The school serves 253 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 51% leaner than typical.

Across the 76 schools in EL PASO ISD (48,118 students total), ZAVALA EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, ZAVALA EL shows that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 2% White. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, ZAVALA EL lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ZAVALA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.8%; this one delivers 32.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), ZAVALA EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JEFFERSON H S, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ZAVALA EL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

ZAVALA EL operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. ZAVALA EL's enrollment has edged up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 226 (now 253).

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