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Desertaire Elem

El Paso County · Region 19: El Paso · 505 students

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Current score
85/1002025-26
Change
−8 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+5.6 ptsvs 79.4 average · 2,033 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
603 of 2,033tied with 72 others
B85

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 91 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79.4 average for 2,033 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
60%vs 46.8% avg · +13.2 pts
Masters
26%vs 18.8% avg · +7.2 pts

Among 1,920 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
60%vs 41.2% avg · +18.8 pts
Masters
26%vs 15.7% avg · +10.3 pts

Among 1,910 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
64%vs 51.6% avg · +12.4 pts
Masters
27%vs 20.4% avg · +6.6 pts

Among 1,918 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Desertaire Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 85 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.4 average for 2,033 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 8 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 603rd of 2,033 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 72 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageDesertaire Elem 9387889185 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 91 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8579.4 2,033 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9179.1 2,012 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8877.1 1,997 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8777.6 1,966 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9382.0 1,946 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement88 B+11.4 vs similar economic context · 1,920 reporting
  • School Progress90 A+9.6 vs similar economic context · 1,914 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps72 C−4.6 vs similar economic context · 1,900 reporting
  • Academic Growth63 D−10.5 vs similar economic context · 1,854 reporting
  • Relative Performance90 A+11.3 vs similar economic context · 1,914 reporting
  • Desertaire Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,033 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement88B2
School Progress90A—
Closing the Gaps72C8
Academic Growth63D7
Relative Performance90A—

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 8 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (90), so Student Achievement (88) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 90.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level88%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,920 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,920 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,920 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,918 reporting
  • Meets grade level64%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,918 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,918 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level88%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,910 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,910 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,910 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level86%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,767 reporting
  • Meets grade level53%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,767 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,767 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,033 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
505
Economically disadvantaged
68.5%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
22.2%+2.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
27.9%+9.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.8%+1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
7.3%−10.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Desertaire Elem

African American: 1%Hispanic: 95.6%White: 2.2%Asian: 0.2%Two or More Races: 1%
  • African American 1%
  • Hispanic 95.6%
  • White 2.2%
  • Asian 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,033 reporting for every category shown · 2,033 in full cohort

African American: 12.1%Hispanic: 55.3%White: 26.4%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.1%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.5%
  • African American 12.1%
  • Hispanic 55.3%
  • White 26.4%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.1%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.5%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
505
Economically disadvantaged students
346
Emergent bilingual students
112
Special education students
141

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
63
Students in TEA mobility denominator
466
TEA-published mobility rate
13.5%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 505 students in 2025–26, no change from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
505

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
0

No change

Change since 2021–22
−177

Decrease · −26.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
505
Selected comparison
637.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,996 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Desertaire Elem
School yearStudents enrolledDesertaire ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 682 First available year 650
2022–23 589 Decrease of 93 (13.6%) 656.6
2023–24 513 Decrease of 76 (12.9%) 655.6
2024–25 505 Decrease of 8 (1.6%) 652.9
2025–26 505 No change 637.5

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
555

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Desertaire Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 849 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 740 10 1.4% 18 2.43 12.8% 30.2
2022–23 643 15 2.3% 28 4.35 13.4% 32.2
2023–24 567 11 1.9% 22 3.88 13.3% 32.1
2024–25 555 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Desertaire Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$14k$21k20182020202220242025
  • Desertaire Elem
  • Parent district: Ysleta ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$12,269
Selected comparison
$13,229

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,011 rated schools reporting

−$960 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $12,269 per student for this campus, $16,357 per student for its parent district, Ysleta ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearDesertaire ElemParent district: Ysleta ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,209$15,777$13,054$8,005 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,873 rated schools reporting
2019$7,611$14,422$13,108$8,166 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,890 rated schools reporting
2020$8,186$13,296$14,058$8,707 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,910 rated schools reporting
2021$8,457$15,128$14,797$9,212 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 rated schools reporting
2022$10,183$19,206$15,708$10,511 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,946 rated schools reporting
2023$12,979$20,106$16,792$11,223 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,968 rated schools reporting
2024$12,974$17,973$18,125$12,401 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,996 rated schools reporting
2025$12,269$16,357$18,972$13,229 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,011 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$67,867+$1,393 vs similar economic context
Teachers
38−4.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.2−0.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Desertaire Elem

1 to 5 years: 16%6 to 10 years: 17.5%11 to 20 years: 41.4%21 to 30 years: 19.9%Over 30 years: 5.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 16%
  • 6 to 10 years 17.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 41.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 19.9%
  • Over 30 years 5.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,033 reporting for every category shown · 2,033 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.4%1 to 5 years: 26.8%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.7%21 to 30 years: 15.5%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 6.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.5%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Desertaire Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classDesertaire Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten13.517.9
Grade 113.418.2
Grade 216.618.4
Grade 317.718.7
Grade 417.818.9
Grade 547.819.9

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 071905136.