📍 4851 Marcus Urbine Dr, El Paso, El Paso County, 79934
Tom Lea Jr el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 809 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Elizabeth Sandoval. It is part of the El Paso Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 55.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tom Lea Jr el enrolls 809 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 55.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 8.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 558 | 69% |
| White | 109 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 67 | 8.3% |
| Two or more races | 58 | 7.2% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 7 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
472 of the school's 809 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 457 qualify for free lunch and 15 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.
Tom Lea Jr 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 78.
Tom Lea Jr 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 809 students, Tom Lea Jr 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