📍 1950 Firehouse, El Paso, El Paso County, 79936
Helen Ball el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 662 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ana Soto. It is part of the Socorro Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Helen Ball el enrolls 662 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% White and 1.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 628 | 95% |
| White | 22 | 3.3% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
545 of the school's 662 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 462 qualify for free lunch and 83 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.
Helen Ball 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 79.
Helen Ball 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 662 students, Helen Ball el 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