📍 3307 N Stanton, El Paso, El Paso County, 79902
Mesita el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 940 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Laila Ferris. It is part of the El Paso Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 66.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mesita el enrolls 940 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 66.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 9.3% White and 2.6% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 808 | 86% |
| White | 87 | 9.3% |
| Asian | 24 | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.2% |
| Black or African American | 8 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
651 of the school's 940 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 625 qualify for free lunch and 26 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mesita el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 29, state house district 77.
Mesita el is one of 76 schools in EL PASO ISD, based in EL PASO, Texas. The district serves 48,118 students district-wide and employs 3,506 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 940 students, Mesita el is larger than the district average of about 633 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large