There were 3,264 Black students enrolled in El Paso County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 1.3% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Data showed that El Paso County welcomed 160,382 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 236 schools in El Paso County, Milam Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students, with a total of 156.
A recent 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.
Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing Texas’ school districts. According to a 2024 report from the Texas Education Agency, per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.
“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock stated in an interview.
Ethnicities in El Paso County in 2024-25 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in El Paso County Schools During 2024-25 School Year
| School name | % Black students | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Eastlake High School | 1.5% | 3,004 |
| Pebble Hills High School | 4.1% | 2,952 |
| Franklin High School | 2.5% | 2,835 |
| Socorro High School | 0.3% | 2,579 |
| Coronado High School | 1.1% | 2,576 |
| Montwood High School | 1.1% | 2,499 |
| Eastwood High School | 0.8% | 2,295 |
| Elementary Dorado High School | 3.3% | 2,109 |
| Americas High School | 1.4% | 2,049 |
| Bel Air High School | 0.4% | 1,866 |
| Del Valle High School | 0.3% | 1,798 |
| Chapin High School | 7.1% | 1,766 |
| El Paso High School | 0.6% | 1,636 |
| Parkland High School | 3.6% | 1,565 |
| Horizon High School | 0.5% | 1,469 |
| Canutillo High School | 1.1% | 1,443 |
| Hornedo Middle School | 2.1% | 1,442 |
| Don Haskins PK-8 | 0.6% | 1,405 |
| Burges High School | 2.4% | 1,394 |
| J. M. Hanks High School | 1.6% | 1,364 |
| Andress High School | 8.2% | 1,341 |
| Harmony School of Science – El Paso | 4.4% | 1,308 |
| Harmony School of Innovation – El Paso | 5.4% | 1,306 |
| Eastwood Middle School | 1% | 1,280 |
| Ysleta High School | 0% | 1,168 |
| Dr. Sue A. Shook School | 1.4% | 1,167 |
| Parkland Pre-Engineering Middle School | 3.9% | 1,146 |
| Col. John O. Ensor Middle School | 1.8% | 1,070 |
| Sgt. Jose F. Carrasco Elementary School | 4.7% | 1,067 |
| Ben Narbuth Elementary School | 2.6% | 1,054 |
| Mission Ridge | 1.9% | 1,052 |
| Harmony Science Academy (El Paso) | 0.9% | 1,034 |
| Staff Sergeant Manuel R. Puentes | 4.6% | 1,031 |
| Cactus Trails | 3.6% | 1,006 |
| Bowie High School | 0% | 1,003 |
| Bel Air Middle School | 0.3% | 1,002 |
| Hanks Middle School | 1% | 1,000 |
| Jefferson High School | 0.1% | 998 |
| John Drugan School | 0.9% | 990 |
| San Elizario High School | 0.3% | 985 |
| Davinci School for Science and the Arts | 0.8% | 982 |
| Sun Ridge Middle School | 4.2% | 978 |
| Frank Macias Elementary School | 0% | 975 |
| Del Valle Middle School | 0.1% | 969 |
| Riverside High School | 0.5% | 952 |
| Horizon Heights Elementary School | 1.4% | 947 |
| Austin High School | 3.9% | 946 |
| Wiggs Middle School | 0.5% | 943 |
| Milam Elementary School | 16.6% | 941 |
| William David Surratt Elementary School | 0.5% | 939 |
| Irvin High School | 2.7% | 932 |
| Desert Hills Elementary School | 1.1% | 928 |
| Lujan-Chavez Elementary School | 4% | 923 |
| Mesita Elementary School | 1.2% | 916 |
| Purple Heart Elementary School | 5.1% | 914 |
| General Douglas Macarthur PK-8 | 3.8% | 889 |
| James P. Butler Elementary School | 3.1% | 884 |
| Paso Del Norte Elementary School | 3.8% | 862 |
| Alicia R. Chacon International | 0% | 859 |
| Marguerite Junior Lundy Elementary School | 1.8% | 831 |
| Ernesto Serna School | 0.4% | 831 |
| Escontrias Elementary School | 0.5% | 824 |
| Tom Lea Junior Elementary School | 7.3% | 792 |
| Eastwood Knolls International | 0.5% | 789 |
| Idea Edgemere Academy | 5.7% | 788 |
| New Middle School | 2.2% | 787 |
| Tippin Elementary School | 2.9% | 784 |
| Mountain View High School | 0.3% | 775 |
| Richardson Middle School | 6.6% | 758 |
| Chester E. Jordan | 4.4% | 755 |
| Scotsdale Elementary School | 0% | 749 |
| Bill Sybert School | 1.1% | 748 |
| Clint High School | 0.7% | 747 |
| Idea Horizon Vista Academy | 2.7% | 742 |
| Jane A. Hambric School | 1.2% | 740 |
| Canutillo Middle School | 0.8% | 717 |
| Spec Rafael Hernando Middle School | 5.1% | 707 |
| Riverside Middle School | 0.4% | 705 |
| Hurshel Antwine Middle School | 5.3% | 701 |
| Brown Middle School | 0.7% | 699 |
| Idea Rio Vista Academy | 1.6% | 696 |
| Harmony School of Excellence – El Paso | 2.2% | 682 |
| Ysleta Middle School | 0% | 682 |
| Horizon Middle School | 1.2% | 677 |
| Carroll T. Welch Elementary School | 0% | 676 |
| O’Shea Keleher Elementary School | 1.3% | 672 |
| Capt. Walter E. Clarke Middle School | 1.9% | 670 |
| Loma Verde | 1.5% | 661 |
| Sgt Roberto Ituarte | 3.6% | 659 |
| Polk Elementary School | 1.5% | 649 |
| Coach Archie Duran Elementary School | 4.2% | 648 |
| Idea Mesa Hills Academy | 2.5% | 643 |
| Idea Mesquite Hills Academy | 8.1% | 641 |
| Edgemere International School | 0.5% | 639 |
| William D. Slider Middle School | 0.8% | 627 |
| Sierra Vista Elementary School | 3.5% | 622 |
| Idea Edgemere College Preparatory | 5.2% | 619 |
| Elfida Chavez Elementary School | 1.1% | 616 |
| Fabens High School | 0% | 616 |
| Loma Terrace Elementary School | 0.5% | 614 |
| Riverside Elementary School | 0.5% | 607 |
| Logan Elementary School | 11.1% | 606 |
| Mission Valley Elementary School | 0.7% | 604 |
| Sageland Elementary School | 0.8% | 601 |
| Montwood Middle School | 1.2% | 597 |
| Ricardo Estrada Middle School | 0.3% | 592 |
| Idea Rio Vista College Preparatory | 1.2% | 590 |
| Congressman Silvestre & Carolina School | 2.6% | 577 |
| Helen Ball Elementary School | 1.6% | 576 |
| Colin L. Powell Elementary School | 12.3% | 576 |
| Hueco Elementary School | 0% | 573 |
| Red Sands Elementary School | 0% | 572 |
| Jose Junior Alderete Middle School | 0.7% | 570 |
| Dr. Joseph Torres Elementary School | 6.5% | 558 |
| East Point Elementary School | 0.2% | 558 |
| Josefa L. Sambrano Elementary School | 0% | 554 |
| North Star Elementary School | 3.3% | 552 |
| Myrtle Cooper Elementary School | 0.5% | 550 |
| Salvador Sanchez Middle School | 0.2% | 544 |
| Silva Health Magnet | 3.1% | 544 |
| Magoffin Middle School | 2.4% | 541 |
| Glen Cove Elementary School | 0.9% | 537 |
| North Loop Elementary School | 0.4% | 534 |
| Pebble Hills Elementary School | 1.3% | 534 |
| Idea Mesa Hills College Preparatory | 1.7% | 533 |
| Desert Wind Elementary School | 0.4% | 521 |
| Lancaster Elementary School | 0.2% | 517 |
| Nixon Elementary School | 9.2% | 510 |
| Dolphin Terrace Elementary School | 0.4% | 510 |
| Socorro Middle School | 0% | 510 |
| Alfonso Borrego Senior Elementary School | 0.2% | 510 |
| Eastwood Heights Elementary School | 0.4% | 508 |
| Vista Del Sol Elementary School | 0.8% | 505 |
| Desertaire Elementary School | 1.6% | 505 |
| Tierra Del Sol Elementary School | 0.4% | 502 |
| East Montana Middle School | 0.4% | 496 |
| William C. Herrera Elementary School | 0.2% | 496 |
| Robert R. Rojas Elementary School | 0.4% | 490 |
| Campestre Elementary School | 0.4% | 488 |
| Clint Junior High School | 0.4% | 484 |
| H. D. Hilley Elementary School | 0.4% | 483 |
| Canutillo Elementary School | 0.2% | 481 |
| Jose High Damian Elementary School | 0.4% | 473 |
| Parkland Elementary School | 0.4% | 471 |
| Benito Martinez Elementary School | 1.5% | 470 |
| Thomas Manor | 0% | 462 |
| Bliss Elementary School | 18.1% | 459 |
| Montana Vista Elementary School | 0.9% | 457 |
| Crockett Elementary School | 0% | 453 |
| Ysleta PK Center | 0.2% | 453 |
| Douglass Elementary School | 0% | 451 |
| Young Women’s Steam Research & Preparatory Academy | 2.7% | 443 |
| Vista Hills Elementary School | 2.3% | 439 |
| Clendenin Elementary School | 3.4% | 438 |
| Western Hills Elementary School | 0.9% | 436 |
| Johanna Odonnell Intermediate School | 0% | 434 |
| Guillen Middle School | 0.5% | 433 |
| El Paso Leadership Academy – High School East | 0.7% | 428 |
| Gonzalo and Sofia Garcia Elementary School | 0.2% | 424 |
| Del Valle Elementary School | 0% | 422 |
| Fabens Elementary School | 0% | 421 |
| Kohlberg Elementary School | 0.5% | 418 |
| Pasodale Elementary School | 0.5% | 416 |
| Capistrano Elementary School | 0.5% | 415 |
| Mission Early College High School | 1.5% | 410 |
| Ann M. Garcia-Enriquez Middle School | 0% | 408 |
| Canyon Hills Middle School | 7.6% | 408 |
| Idea Horizon Vista College Preparatory | 3.2% | 402 |
| Sunrise Mountain Elementary School | 1.3% | 397 |
| Zach White Elementary School | 0% | 395 |
| Fabens Middle School | 0% | 394 |
| Cooley Elementary School | 2.3% | 393 |
| Howard Burnham Elementary School | 0.5% | 388 |
| Whitaker Elementary School | 3.9% | 386 |
| Bill Childress Elementary School | 0.8% | 386 |
| Ramona Elementary School | 0% | 386 |
| The Linguistic Academy of El Paso-Cultural Demo Site | 0.3% | 374 |
| Northwest Early College High School (NWECHS) | 1.1% | 373 |
| Charles Middle School | 6.5% | 372 |
| Robbin E. L. Washington International Elementary School | 1.9% | 371 |
| Barron Elementary School | 4.6% | 368 |
| Park Elementary School | 3.5% | 368 |
| Vista Del Futuro Charter School | 3.5% | 367 |
| Stanton Elementary School | 3% | 366 |
| Coldwell Elementary School | 0.6% | 354 |
| Transmountain Early College High School | 2.3% | 354 |
| Idea Mesquite Hills College Preparatory | 6.5% | 352 |
| Hillside Elementary School | 0.9% | 348 |
| Hart Elementary School | 0.3% | 343 |
| Guerrero Elementary School | 0.3% | 342 |
| Tornillo Intermediate School | 0% | 335 |
| Ysleta Elementary School | 0% | 329 |
| Young Women’s Leadership Academy | 0.6% | 320 |
| Aoy Elementary School | 0.3% | 315 |
| Anthony Elementary School | 0.3% | 312 |
| Parkland Pre K Center | 0% | 308 |
| Moreno Elementary School | 0.3% | 304 |
| Deanna Davenport Elementary School | 0.7% | 303 |
| L. G. Alarcon Elementary School | 0% | 297 |
| Clint ISD Early College Academy | 0% | 290 |
| Presa Elementary School | 0% | 289 |
| Cielo Vista Elementary School | 5.9% | 287 |
| H. R. Moye Elementary School | 2.1% | 286 |
| Valle Verde Early College High School | 1.1% | 273 |
| El Paso Classical Academy | 2.6% | 271 |
| Lamar Elementary School | 0.4% | 265 |
| Green Elementary School | 1.1% | 264 |
| Putnam Elementary School | 2.7% | 260 |
| Hawkins Elementary School | 0.8% | 256 |
| Zavala Elementary School | 0% | 253 |
| Newman Elementary School | 3.3% | 246 |
| Anthony High School | 0% | 243 |
| Tornillo High School | 0% | 241 |
| El Paso Academy | 1.5% | 206 |
| Travis Elementary School | 1% | 200 |
| La Fe Preparatory School | 0% | 195 |
| Rusk Elementary School | 0% | 186 |
| Rivera Elementary School | 0% | 186 |
| El Paso Leadership Academy | 0% | 181 |
| Lorenzo Loya Primary School | 0% | 173 |
| Anthony Middle School | 0% | 170 |
| El Paso Leadership Academy – Middle East | 0% | 166 |
| College Career Technology Academy (Ccta) | 1.3% | 151 |
| Tornillo Junior High School | 0% | 150 |
| Options High School | 1.5% | 136 |
| Triumph Public High Schools-El Paso East | 0% | 129 |
| Premier High School-El Paso Eastpointe | 0.8% | 125 |
| Premier High School-El Paso Mesa | 0.8% | 121 |
| El Paso Academy West | 0.9% | 113 |
| Triumph Public High Schools-El Paso West | 0% | 97 |
| Cesar Chavez Academy | 2.4% | 82 |
| Keys Academy | 5.4% | 56 |
| Delta Academy | 3.8% | 53 |
| Telles Academy | 0% | 26 |
| About Face Program Elementary School | 0% | 3 |
| Cesar Chavez Academy JJAEP | 0% | 2 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
