El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East is a public charter middle school serving grades 6-8 in El Paso, Texas, with a student population of 199. The school is part of the Socorro Independent School District (ISD), which is ranked 918 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East has a significantly higher percentage of Hispanic students (95.48%) compared to nearby public schools, which range from 82.99% to 98.27% Hispanic students. However, the school's STAAR test proficiency rates are significantly lower than the state and nearby district averages across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 8th grade Math, only 4% of students were proficient, compared to 40.23% statewide and 12.67% in the Socorro ISD. The school ranks in the bottom 5-10% of Texas middle schools, with an overall ranking of 2247 out of 2361 schools in 2023-2024, and it also ranks very low for specific student subgroups, such as 1678 out of 1720 for English Language Learners.
The school has an extremely high percentage of students (95.48%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The student-teacher ratio at El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East is 15.6, which is lower than the nearby public schools, which range from 14.6 to 18.8 students per teacher. When compared to the nearby public schools in the Socorro ISD and Ysleta ISD, El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East consistently underperforms on key metrics such as test scores, student rankings, and dropout rates, suggesting significant academic challenges facing the school and its students.
Students at El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East are 95% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% African American.
In the 2022-23 school year, 199 students attended El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East.
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El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East ranks in the bottom 4.8% of Texas middle schools.