El Paso County education: Which school had the most students enrolled in 2024-25 school year?

Eastlake High School had the highest enrollment among El Paso County schools, with 3,004 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 52.1% were boys, and 47.9% were girls.

Data also showed that Hispanic students made up 92.6% of the student body, the largest share of enrollment in Eastlake High School, followed by white students at 4.3%, Black students at 1.5%, multiracial students at 0.9%, Asian students at 0.3%, American Indian students at 0.2%, and Pacific Islander students at 0.1%.

Among the 215 schools in El Paso County, Pebble Hills High School ranked second in enrollment with 2,952 students, while Franklin High School welcomed 2,835 students and ranked third in the 2024-25 school year.

Eastlake High School is part of Socorro ISD, which roughly covers schools within El Paso County with its main office in El Paso.

In the previous school year, Franklin High School had the highest number of students among El Paso County schools.

Texas has the nation’s second-largest K-12 public school system, serving about 5.5 million students with a student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 15:1.

About 42,103 teachers in Texas, or 12% of the state’s 352,234 teachers, did not hold an active teaching certificate during the 2024-25 school year, according to a report from the Texas Education Agency. The share of uncertified teachers has increased from 3.8% in the 2019-20 school year.

A 2026 study by WalletHub classified Texas as one of the least-educated states in the U.S., ranking it 41st out of 50 in educational quality and student outcomes.

Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.