El Paso ISD

Public school district · El Paso County · Texas · NCES district ID 4818300

El Paso ISD spent $12,931 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 66% of the other Texas districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $12,244). Its 74 schools enrolled 46,672 students in 2024-25; 40.3% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $13,564 per student, up 4.9% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 84% (Texas: 90.3%).

Spending per student among Texas districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to El Paso ISD in enrollment (45,255 to 53,712 students) and El Paso ISD itself.

Current spending per student, Texas districts closest in size to El Paso ISD, FY23San Antonio ISD $13,971; Pasadena ISD $13,787; El Paso ISD $12,931; Garland ISD $12,534; Lewisville ISD $12,299; Socorro ISD $11,574; Plano ISD $11,384; Round Rock ISD $10,955; Humble ISD $10,763; Klein ISD $10,719; State median, 1,000+ students $12,244.8k10k12k14k16kSan Antonio ISD$13,971Pasadena ISD$13,787El Paso ISD$12,931Garland ISD$12,534Lewisville ISD$12,299Socorro ISD$11,574Plano ISD$11,384Round Rock ISD$10,955Humble ISD$10,763Klein ISD$10,719State median, 1,000+ students $12,244
Current spending per student, Texas districts closest in size to El Paso ISD, FY23San Antonio ISD $13,971; Pasadena ISD $13,787; El Paso ISD $12,931; Garland ISD $12,534; Lewisville ISD $12,299; Socorro ISD $11,574; Plano ISD $11,384; Round Rock ISD $10,955; Humble ISD $10,763; Klein ISD $10,719; State median, 1,000+ students $12,244.8k10k12k14k16kSan Antonio ISD$13,971Pasadena ISD$13,787El Paso ISD$12,931Garland ISD$12,534Lewisville ISD$12,299Socorro ISD$11,574Plano ISD$11,384Round Rock ISD$10,955Humble ISD$10,763Klein ISD$10,719State median, 1,000+ students $12,244
Current spending per student, Texas districts closest in size to El Paso ISD, FY23San Antonio ISD $13,971; Pasadena ISD $13,787; El Paso ISD $12,931; Garland ISD $12,534; Lewisville ISD $12,299; Socorro ISD $11,574; Plano ISD $11,384; Round Rock ISD $10,955; Humble ISD $10,763; Klein ISD $10,719; State median, 1,000+ students $12,244.8k12k16kSan Antonio ISD$13,971Pasadena ISD$13,787El Paso ISD$12,931Garland ISD$12,534Lewisville ISD$12,299Socorro ISD$11,574Plano ISD$11,384Round Rock ISD$10,955Humble ISD$10,763Klein ISD$10,719State median, 1,000+ students $12,244
Current spending per student, Texas districts closest in size to El Paso ISD, FY23San Antonio ISD $13,971; Pasadena ISD $13,787; El Paso ISD $12,931; Garland ISD $12,534; Lewisville ISD $12,299; Socorro ISD $11,574; Plano ISD $11,384; Round Rock ISD $10,955; Humble ISD $10,763; Klein ISD $10,719; State median, 1,000+ students $12,244.8k12k16kSan Antonio ISD$13,971Pasadena ISD$13,787El Paso ISD$12,931Garland ISD$12,534Lewisville ISD$12,299Socorro ISD$11,574Plano ISD$11,384Round Rock ISD$10,955Humble ISD$10,763Klein ISD$10,719State median, 1,000+ students $12,244

Where the money came from

$734,483,000 in revenue: 40.3% state, 36.3% local and 23.4% federal. Total spending including $61,918,000 of capital outlay was $750,862,000, or $15,008 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

El Paso ISD revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $295,925,000; Local $266,617,000; Federal $171,941,000; total $734,483,000.
  • State$295,925,000 40%
  • Local$266,617,000 36%
  • Federal$171,941,000 23%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 577 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

50,031 students in 2022-23, 47,873 students in 2023-24, 46,672 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

El Paso ISD enrollment by school year2022-23: 50,031, 2023-24: 47,873, 2024-25: 46,672020k40k60k2022-2350,0312023-2447,8732024-2546,672
El Paso ISD enrollment by school year2022-23: 50,031, 2023-24: 47,873, 2024-25: 46,672020k40k60k2022-2350,0312023-2447,8732024-2546,672
El Paso ISD enrollment by school year2022-23: 50,031, 2023-24: 47,873, 2024-25: 46,672020k40k60k2022-2350,0312023-2447,8732024-2546,672
El Paso ISD enrollment by school year2022-23: 50,031, 2023-24: 47,873, 2024-25: 46,672020k40k60k2022-2350,0312023-2447,8732024-2546,672

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2350,0313390.214.8
2023-2447,8733162.115.1
2024-2546,6723187.914.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$205,804,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $4,114 per student

El Paso ISD booked $205,804,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 3,506 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $58,700 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 86 in 100 Texas districts with a figure (state median $50,660, 1,054 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Texas teacher salary at $58,887 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$156,294,00075.9%
Special education$10,141,0004.9%
Vocational$11,139,0005.4%
Other programs$28,230,00013.7%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,519 in 2018-19, $3,776 in 2019-20, $4,052 in 2020-21, $3,857 in 2021-22, $4,114 in 2022-23.

El Paso ISD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,519, 2019-20: $3,776, 2020-21: $4,052, 2021-22: $3,857, 2022-23: $4,11402k4k6k2018-19$3,5192019-20$3,7762020-21$4,0522021-22$3,8572022-23$4,114
El Paso ISD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,519, 2019-20: $3,776, 2020-21: $4,052, 2021-22: $3,857, 2022-23: $4,11402k4k6k2018-19$3,5192019-20$3,7762020-21$4,0522021-22$3,8572022-23$4,114
El Paso ISD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,519, 2019-20: $3,776, 2020-21: $4,052, 2021-22: $3,857, 2022-23: $4,11402k4k6k2018-19$3,5192019-20$3,7762020-21$4,0522021-22$3,8572022-23$4,114
El Paso ISD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,519, 2019-20: $3,776, 2020-21: $4,052, 2021-22: $3,857, 2022-23: $4,11402k4k6k2018-19$3,5192019-20$3,7762020-21$4,0522021-22$3,8572022-23$4,114

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in El Paso ISD scored proficient or above: 51% in reading and 38% in math, against 52% in reading and 42% in math across Texas. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Texas, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtTexasStudents tested
Reading and language arts51%52%20,609
Math38%42%20,609

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

84% of the 4,267 students in El Paso ISD's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 90.3% across Texas. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtTexas
Four-year graduation rate84%90.3%
Students in the class4,267403,301

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

48 elementary schools, 23,360 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Don Haskins Pk-81,40515.264.0%Schoolwide program
Dr Josefina Villamil Tinajero Pk-81,23117.195.3%Not reported
Milam Elementary94118.044.7%Schoolwide program
Mesita Elementary91614.356.6%Schoolwide program
General Douglas Macarthur Pk-888913.476.3%Schoolwide program
Charles Q Murphree Pk-884614.485.9%Not reported
Marguerite J Lundy Elementary83115.425.6%Not Title I
Tom Lea Jr Elementary79216.155.1%Schoolwide program
Tippin Elementary78415.425.0%Not Title I
Bobby Joe Hill Pk-865613.988.7%Not reported
Polk Elementary64915.741.8%Schoolwide program
Coach Archie Duran Elementary64814.588.4%Schoolwide program
The other 36 elementary schools
SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Logan Elementary60615.778.7%Schoolwide program
Colin L Powell Elementary57615.378.6%Schoolwide program
Dr Joseph Torres Elementary55815.479.7%Schoolwide program
Nixon Elementary51014.565.1%Schoolwide program
William C Herrera Elementary49614.070.8%Schoolwide program
Bliss Elementary45913.067.8%Schoolwide program
Crockett Elementary45314.786.3%Schoolwide program
Douglass Elementary45114.995.1%Schoolwide program
Clendenin Elementary43813.989.5%Schoolwide program
Western Hills Elementary43613.457.8%Schoolwide program
Kohlberg Elementary41811.261.7%Schoolwide program
Sunrise Mountain Elementary39712.491.7%Schoolwide program
Zach White Elementary39512.551.9%Schoolwide program
Cooley Elementary39312.694.7%Schoolwide program
Whitaker Elementary38613.282.4%Schoolwide program
Park Elementary36812.380.2%Schoolwide program
Barron Elementary36812.776.1%Schoolwide program
Stanton Elementary36613.290.4%Schoolwide program
Coldwell Elementary35413.685.9%Schoolwide program
Hillside Elementary34811.387.4%Schoolwide program
Hart Elementary34312.994.5%Schoolwide program
Guerrero Elementary34211.176.9%Schoolwide program
Aoy Elementary31512.494.9%Schoolwide program
Moreno Elementary30410.486.8%Schoolwide program
Cielo Vista Elementary28713.161.3%Schoolwide program
H R Moye Elementary28611.495.8%Schoolwide program
Lamar Elementary26510.694.0%Schoolwide program
Green Elementary26411.968.2%Schoolwide program
Putnam Elementary26011.073.8%Schoolwide program
Hawkins Elementary25612.990.2%Schoolwide program
Zavala Elementary25311.396.4%Schoolwide program
Newman Elementary24610.487.8%Schoolwide program
Travis Elementary20012.091.5%Schoolwide program
Rivera Elementary18610.768.3%Schoolwide program
Rusk Elementary18611.288.7%Schoolwide program
About Face Program Elementary31.9All free (CEP)Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

9 middle schools, 6,305 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Hornedo Middle1,44217.935.0%Not Title I
Wiggs Middle94317.368.7%Schoolwide program
Richardson Middle75816.759.4%Schoolwide program
Cpt Gabriel Navarrete Middle70913.987.0%Not reported
Brown Middle69916.463.2%Schoolwide program
Magoffin Middle54113.891.5%Schoolwide program
Guillen Middle43313.797.9%Schoolwide program
Canyon Hills Middle40813.680.9%Schoolwide program
Charles Middle37212.381.5%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

17 high schools, 17,007 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Franklin High School2,83519.147.9%Schoolwide program
Coronado High School2,57619.149.3%Schoolwide program
Chapin High School1,76618.367.6%Schoolwide program
El Paso High School1,63616.857.7%Schoolwide program
Burges High School1,39416.272.0%Schoolwide program
Andress High School1,34115.178.7%Schoolwide program
Bowie High School1,00313.595.6%Schoolwide program
Jefferson High School99813.889.4%Schoolwide program
Austin High School94613.787.8%Schoolwide program
Irvin High School93213.487.9%Schoolwide program
Silva Health Magnet54415.264.7%Schoolwide program
Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy44316.959.6%Schoolwide program
The other 5 high schools
SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Transmountain Early College High School35414.257.6%Schoolwide program
College Career Technology Academy (Ccta)15110.186.1%Schoolwide program
Delta Academy533.884.9%Schoolwide program
Telles Academy263.388.5%Schoolwide program
Career & Tech Ed Ctr90.333.3%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

3 more schools on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory

These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.

Ross Middle

Middle school in El Paso; 658 students; 17.6 students per teacher.

Hughey Elementary

School in El Paso; 531 students; 13.7 students per teacher.

Career & Tech Ed Ctr

High school in El Paso; open in 2024-25; 9 students; 0.3 students per teacher.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.

Contact El Paso ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about El Paso ISD

  1. Texas districts by spending per studentEl Paso ISD ranks 197 of 577 Texas districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($12,931).#197 of 577
  2. Every school district in TexasEl Paso ISD is the number 17 by size of 1,212 Texas districts, with 50,031 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#17 of 1,212
  3. Garland ISDThe next larger Texas district: 52,767 students in fall 2022, $12,534 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,534
  4. Lewisville ISDThe next smaller Texas district: 49,060 students in fall 2022, $12,299 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,299
  5. Compare El Paso ISD with Garland ISDEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Franklin High School, its largest high school2,835 students in 2024-25, 19.1 per teacher.2,835
  7. Teacher salary spending across TexasEl Paso ISD spent $58,700 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $50,660); spending, not a salary.$58,700
  8. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about El Paso ISD

  1. How many schools and students are in El Paso ISD?
    74 schools were open in 2024-25 (48 elementary, 9 middle, 17 high), enrolling 46,672 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does El Paso ISD spend per student?
    $12,931 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Texas median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $12,244 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $13,564 per student, up 4.9% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does El Paso ISD's money come from?
    $734,483,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 40.3% state, 36.3% local and 23.4% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in El Paso ISD live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 12,972 of the 53,337 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 24.3%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does El Paso ISD spend on teacher salaries?
    $205,804,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $4,114 per student. Divided by the 3,506 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $58,700 per teacher, more than 86 in 100 Texas districts (state median $50,660). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Texas teacher salary at $58,887 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in El Paso ISD do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in El Paso ISD scored proficient or above: 51% in reading and 38% in math, against 52% in reading and 42% in math across Texas. Texas's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in El Paso ISD?
    84% of the 4,267 students in El Paso ISD's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 90.3% across Texas. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is El Paso ISD's NCES district ID?
    4818300. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25