📍 12380 Pine Springs, El Paso, El Paso County, 79928
Keys Acad is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 95 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Theresa Hentges. It is part of the Socorro Isd school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.5:1. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Keys Acad enrolls 95 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 67% male and 33% female. A teaching staff of 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% White and 3.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 86 | 91% |
| White | 5 | 5.3% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 3.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
83 of the school's 95 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 83 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.
Keys Acad 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 75.
Keys Acad 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 95 students, Keys Acad is smaller than the district average of about 915 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large