📍 530 Thunderbird Dr, El Paso, El Paso County, 79912
Western Hills el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 343 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Don Belknap. It is part of the El Paso Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Western Hills el enrolls 343 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 1.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 288 | 84% |
| White | 44 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.7% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
248 of the school's 343 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 243 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Western Hills 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.
Western Hills 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 343 students, Western Hills el is smaller than the district average of about 633 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large