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Western Hills Elem

El Paso County · Region 19: El Paso · 574 students

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Current score
79/1002025-26
Change
−16 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
±0.0 ptsvs 79 average · 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,043 of 2,001tied with 79 others
C79

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 94 in 2021-22. The current score is level with the 79 average for 2,001 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
48%vs 45.8% avg · +2.2 pts
Masters
20%vs 18.2% avg · +1.8 pts

Among 1,876 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
60%vs 50.5% avg · +9.5 pts
Masters
26%vs 19.8% avg · +6.2 pts

Among 1,874 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

76 +2.9 pts vs 73.1

  • 76 is 2.9 points above the 73.1 average among 1,814 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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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

Western Hills Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 79 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 79 average for 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 16 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,043rd of 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 79 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 averageWestern Hills Elem 9586869079 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 94 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
2025-26C7979.0 2,001 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9078.8 1,983 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8676.7 1,967 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8677.2 1,943 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9582.0 1,924 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 Achievement75 C−0.8 vs similar economic context · 1,876 reporting
  • School Progress80 B−0.1 vs similar economic context · 1,869 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps75 C−1.2 vs similar economic context · 1,858 reporting
  • Academic Growth76 C+2.9 vs similar economic context · 1,814 reporting
  • Relative Performance80 B+1.5 vs similar economic context · 1,869 reporting
  • Western Hills Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,001 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement75C5
School Progress80B10
Closing the Gaps75C5
Academic Growth76C4
Relative Performance80B10

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 5 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 (80), so Student Achievement (75) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 80.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level74%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,874 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,874 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,874 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,866 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,866 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,866 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,723 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,723 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,723 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,001 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
574
Economically disadvantaged
70.9%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
40.1%+19.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
20.9%+2.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.3%+0.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
15.1%−2.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Western Hills Elem

African American: 0.9%Hispanic: 87.1%White: 8.7%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 0.5%Two or More Races: 2.6%
  • African American 0.9%
  • Hispanic 87.1%
  • White 8.7%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 0.5%
  • Two or More Races 2.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,001 reporting for every category shown · 2,001 in full cohort

African American: 12.5%Hispanic: 57.6%White: 24%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.4%
  • African American 12.5%
  • Hispanic 57.6%
  • White 24%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
573
Economically disadvantaged students
406
Emergent bilingual students
230
Special education students
120

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
58
Students in TEA mobility denominator
356
TEA-published mobility rate
16.3%

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 574 students in 2025–26, an increase of 138 (31.7%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
574

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+138

Increase · +31.7%

Change since 2021–22
+249

Increase · +76.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
574
Selected comparison
634.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,966 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Western Hills Elem
School yearStudents enrolledWestern Hills ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 325 First available year 646.2
2022–23 343 Increase of 18 (5.5%) 652.9
2023–24 388 Increase of 45 (13.1%) 651.3
2024–25 436 Increase of 48 (12.4%) 650.2
2025–26 574 Increase of 138 (31.7%) 634.6

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
482

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Western Hills Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 360 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 359 Suppressed — 10 2.79 — 30.5
2022–23 368 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 415 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 482 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Western Hills 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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Western Hills Elem
  • Parent district: El Paso ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,752
Selected comparison
$13,148

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,982 rated schools reporting

−$1,396 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,752 per student for this campus, $15,914 per student for its parent district, El Paso 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
YearWestern Hills ElemParent district: El Paso ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,305$11,694$13,054$8,040 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 rated schools reporting
2019$9,684$12,747$13,108$8,199 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,866 rated schools reporting
2020$11,074$15,863$14,058$8,741 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 rated schools reporting
2021$12,524$17,837$14,797$9,250 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,901 rated schools reporting
2022$14,109$15,944$15,708$10,511 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 rated schools reporting
2023$13,714$15,526$16,792$11,219 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,945 rated schools reporting
2024$13,188$16,512$18,125$12,420 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,966 rated schools reporting
2025$11,752$15,914$18,972$13,148 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,982 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
$67,404+$961 vs similar economic context
Teachers
48+4.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12−2.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Western Hills Elem

Beginning: 2.1%1 to 5 years: 20.9%6 to 10 years: 7.9%11 to 20 years: 31.3%21 to 30 years: 33.4%Over 30 years: 4.2%
  • Beginning 2.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 20.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 7.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 33.4%
  • Over 30 years 4.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,001 reporting for every category shown · 2,001 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.6%1 to 5 years: 27.1%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.4%21 to 30 years: 15.4%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 6.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.4%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Western Hills Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classWestern Hills Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten12.317.9
Grade 119.218.2
Grade 218.418.3
Grade 31218.6
Grade 414.518.8
Grade 517.919.8

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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

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 071902146.