📍 1300 Cir Dr, El Paso, El Paso County, 79925
Wiggs Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 861 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rodolfo Diaz. It is part of the El Paso Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wiggs Middle enrolls 861 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 785 | 91% |
| White | 58 | 6.7% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 6 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
617 of the school's 861 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 597 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wiggs Middle 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.
Wiggs Middle 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 861 students, Wiggs Middle 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