📍 2851 Grant Ave Bldg a, El Paso, El Paso County, 79930
Telles Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 43 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mark Paz. It is part of the El Paso Isd school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 4.3:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Telles Academy enrolls 43 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 72% male and 28% female. A teaching staff of 10 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 4.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 7% White and 4.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 38 | 88% |
| White | 3 | 7% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 4.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
43 of the school's 43 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 43 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Telles Academy 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.
Telles Academy 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 43 students, Telles Academy 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