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El Paso, Texas - 51 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Ysleta Isd #337 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,844 per pupil, Ysleta Isd ranks #614 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
36,183
Total Enrollment
51
Schools
$12,844
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ysleta Isd operates 51 public schools serving 36,183 students, placing it among the larger districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 26 combined, 10 high, 8 elementary, 7 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a sizeable portfolio before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in El Paso County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,844 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 21.0% local, 56.5% state, and 22.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 61/100, ranked #337 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 9 of 51 schools offering Advanced Placement (95 AP courses district-wide), a 418.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% White, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Parkland H S, with a diversity index of 19.8/100.
Its largest campus is Eastwood H S, enrolling 2,295 students (7% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Plato Academy, at 60 students, a 38x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ysleta Isd school enrollment varies 38× across entities
Ysleta Isd school enrollment ranges from 60 students (lowest) to 2,295 students (highest), a spread of 2,235 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Ysleta Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 75.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Ysleta Isd student-counselor ratio is 418:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Ysleta Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 27.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Ysleta Isd is typically wider than the Ysleta Isd-aggregate figure suggests.