📍 1100 Colina de Paz, El Paso, El Paso County, 79928
Desert Wind el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 804 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Luis Carrillo. It is part of the Socorro Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 57.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Desert Wind el enrolls 804 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 57.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 772 | 96% |
| White | 21 | 2.6% |
| Black or African American | 6 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
704 of the school's 804 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 681 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Desert Wind 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.
Desert Wind 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 804 students, Desert Wind 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