📍 13601 Ryderwood Ave, El Paso, El Paso County, 79928
Horizon Heights el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 925 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jenifer Hansen. It is part of the Socorro Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 53.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Horizon Heights el enrolls 925 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 53.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Hispanic or Latino, 7.4% White and 1.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 834 | 90% |
| White | 68 | 7.4% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 8 | <1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
611 of the school's 925 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 482 qualify for free lunch and 129 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.
Horizon Heights el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 75.
Horizon Heights el is one of 51 schools in SOCORRO ISD, based in EL PASO, Texas. The district serves 46,668 students district-wide and employs 2,885 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 925 students, Horizon Heights el is close to the district average of about 915 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large