Wiggs Middle

Summary:

Wiggs Middle is a public middle school in El Paso, Texas, serving 861 students in grades 6-8. It is part of the El Paso Independent School District, which is ranked 610 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Wiggs Middle stands out for its strong academic performance, consistently outperforming the district and state in STAAR test scores, particularly in reading and Algebra I. Over 90% of its student population is Hispanic, significantly higher than nearby schools. However, the school ranks relatively low in the Gifted and Talented student category, indicating an area for improvement. Wiggs Middle also faces challenges, with a gradual increase in dropout rates and a high percentage (over 70%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, highlighting the socioeconomic needs of the community.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Eastwood Middle, Bel Air Middle, and Canyon Hills Middle, Wiggs Middle is performing better academically, suggesting that it may have valuable practices or strategies that could be shared and replicated in other schools within the El Paso Independent School District.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1300 Cir Dr
       El Paso, TX  79902


(915) 231-2100

District: El Paso Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
811th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,280 Help


Students who attend Wiggs Middle usually attend:

High:    El Paso High School

Feeder schools for Wiggs Middle:

Elementary:    Lamar Elementary
    Mesita Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  17.9 Help
Number of students:  904

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
90.7%
White:
7.4%
Asian:
0.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  71% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Wiggs Middle ranks better than 65.7% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 2nd among 8 ranked middle schools in the El Paso Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.5. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (90.7%), White (7.4%), Asian (0.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 71% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Wiggs Middle is 17.9. 6 middle schools in the El Paso Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Wiggs Middle is $9,280. 6 middle schools in the El Paso Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Wiggs Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Wiggs Middle 811th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Wiggs Middle in the ranking list.)

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El Paso Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks El Paso Independent School District (Isd) 610th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Wiggs Middle

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Rank History for all students at Wiggs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 15.77 1438th 1573 8.6%
2005 16.27 1427th 1582 9.8%
2006 26.22 1301st 1585 17.9%
2007 27.92 1392nd 1684 17.3%
2008 39.26 1257th 1718 26.8%
2009 40.52 1264th 1763 28.3%
2010 48.10 1129th 1803 37.4%
2011 58.07 852nd 1895 55.0%
2012 58.52 799th 1951 59.0%
2013 56.85 867th 1973 56.1%
2014 64.19 671st 1987 66.2%
2015 64.43 689th 2043 66.3%
2016 54.11 965th 1987 51.4%
2017 56.15 741st 2027 63.4%
2018 58.98 678th 2080 67.4%
2019 59.94 715th 2193 67.4%
2021 62.88 666th 2252 70.4%
2022 64.89 607th 2254 73.1%
2023 56.16 898th 2330 61.5%
2024 58.50 811th 2361 65.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Wiggs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.68 593rd 1376 56.9%
2019 52.87 498th 1445 65.5%
2021 63.28 332nd 1592 79.1%
2022 50.98 616th 1643 62.5%
2023 49.28 746th 1720 56.6%
2024 53.63 655th 1760 62.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Wiggs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.30 649th 1597 59.4%
2019 52.98 521st 1626 68.0%
2021 61.34 364th 1712 78.7%
2022 64.10 334th 1757 81.0%
2023 61.63 388th 1815 78.6%
2024 35.20 1301st 1881 30.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Wiggs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.50 917th 2039 55.0%
2019 52.54 846th 2073 59.2%
2021 52.84 874th 2172 59.8%
2022 59.33 677th 2220 69.5%
2023 48.91 1080th 2251 52.0%
2024 52.82 895th 2224 59.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Wiggs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.59 743rd 2008 63.0%
2019 57.10 758th 2047 63.0%
2021 60.99 693rd 2151 67.8%
2022 58.55 762nd 2221 65.7%
2023 48.86 1054th 2241 53.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Wiggs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.66 956th 1430 33.1%
2019 38.84 1073rd 1446 25.8%
2021 34.35 1131st 1501 24.7%
2022 43.95 1028th 1488 30.9%
2023 32.12 1197th 1481 19.2%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Wiggs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.41 900th 2008 55.2%
2019 55.23 674th 2058 67.2%
2021 63.01 483rd 2118 77.2%
2022 59.89 597th 2182 72.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Wiggs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.51 654th 2030 67.8%
2019 61.26 636th 2069 69.3%
2021 63.44 620th 2168 71.4%
2022 68.78 513th 2228 77.0%
2023 61.57 719th 2245 68.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Wiggs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.67 296th 1167 74.6%
2019 87.24 92nd 1193 92.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Wiggs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.41 529th 1895 72.1%
2019 64.27 507th 1935 73.8%
2021 63.38 546th 2043 73.3%
2022 67.47 452nd 2077 78.2%
2023 60.50 659th 2116 68.9%
2024 63.39 563rd 2108 73.3%
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Rank History for White students at Wiggs Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.47 55th 1673 96.7%
2019 88.31 111th 1684 93.4%
2021 96.86 11th 1700 99.4%
2022 91.06 55th 1723 96.8%
2023 92.19 47th 1749 97.3%
2024 91.44 44th 1724 97.4%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Wiggs Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 138 8 5 979 n/a n/a n/a 0 1130
1989 121 7 8 1047 0 n/a n/a 0 1183
1990 112 6 3 1122 0 n/a n/a 0 1243
1991 89 9 3 1032 0 n/a n/a 0 1133
1992 89 5 5 1021 0 n/a n/a 0 1120
1993 95 4 5 868 0 n/a n/a 0 972
1994 78 5 3 916 0 n/a n/a 0 1002
1995 71 4 2 929 1 n/a n/a 0 1007
1996 71 4 2 929 1 n/a n/a 0 1007
1997 66 7 2 934 1 n/a n/a 0 1010
1998 73 7 2 829 0 n/a n/a 0 911
1999 71 9 1 720 0 n/a n/a 0 801
2000 59 6 2 674 1 n/a n/a 0 742
2001 47 12 1 642 0 n/a n/a 0 702
2002 38 17 1 703 1 n/a n/a 0 760
2003 38 17 1 703 1 n/a n/a 0 760
2004 44 16 1 737 2 n/a n/a 0 800
2005 47 13 3 774 0 n/a n/a 0 837
2006 46 9 3 816 1 n/a n/a 0 875
2007 56 7 3 772 2 n/a n/a 0 840
2008 71 9 2 754 4 n/a n/a 0 840
2009 70 10 6 754 3 n/a n/a 0 843
2010 54 9 9 800 1 n/a n/a 0 873
2011 46 13 5 839 1 2 1 0 907
2012 48 7 5 842 0 1 2 0 905
2013 60 9 3 828 1 0 1 0 902
2014 60 9 5 802 1 0 1 0 878
2015 64 14 4 791 2 0 3 0 878
2016 65 11 6 824 2 0 3 0 911
2017 64 14 6 848 2 0 3 0 937
2018 65 9 4 875 1 0 3 0 957
2019 55 7 5 826 2 0 6 0 901
2020 64 6 7 782 2 0 8 0 869
2021 57 6 9 739 2 0 6 0 819
2022 63 3 7 740 2 1 5 0 821
2023 58 4 6 785 0 2 6 0 861
2024 67 3 7 820 2 1 4 0 904

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Wiggs Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1130 62.0 18.2 n/a
1989 1183 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1243 62.0 20.0 n/a
1991 1133 62.1 18.2 n/a
1992 1120 56.0 20.0 73.2
1993 972 59.0 16.5 73.4
1994 1002 64.5 15.5 75.2
1995 1007 62.5 16.1 81.2
1996 1007 62.5 16.1 81.2
1997 1010 61.2 16.5 81.2
1998 911 66.3 13.7 80.2
1999 801 52.8 15.2 80.9
2000 742 46.7 15.9 82.3
2001 702 47.7 14.7 83
2002 760 56.0 13.6 81.8
2003 760 56.0 13.6 81.8
2004 800 55.0 14.5 76.6
2005 837 57.7 14.5 83.2
2006 875 60.8 14.4 83
2007 840 60.1 14.0 79.3
2008 840 57.1 14.7 74.8
2009 843 56.5 14.9 74.4
2010 873 54.9 15.8 75.8
2011 907 57.3 15.8 75.1
2012 905 52.6 17.1 75.9
2013 902 53.0 16.9 71.8
2014 878 50.5 17.3 71.8
2015 878 50.0 17.5 75.7
2016 911 51.0 17.8 74.4
2017 937 53.6 17.4 71.7
2018 957 55.2 17.3 71.9
2019 901 51.8 17.3 67.5
2020 869 53.0 16.3 67.3
2021 819 50.6 16.1 66.8
2022 821 47.7 17.1 67.5
2023 861 46.8 18.3 71.7
2024 904 50.5 17.9 71

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Wiggs Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1130 62.0 18.2 n/a
1989 1183 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1243 62.0 20.0 n/a
1991 1133 62.1 18.2 n/a
1992 1120 56.0 20.0 73.2
1993 972 59.0 16.5 73.4
1994 1002 64.5 15.5 75.2
1995 1007 62.5 16.1 81.2
1996 1007 62.5 16.1 81.2
1997 1010 61.2 16.5 81.2
1998 911 66.3 13.7 80.2
1999 801 52.8 15.2 80.9
2000 742 46.7 15.9 82.3
2001 702 47.7 14.7 83
2002 760 56.0 13.6 81.8
2003 760 56.0 13.6 81.8
2004 800 55.0 14.5 76.6
2005 837 57.7 14.5 83.2
2006 875 60.8 14.4 83
2007 840 60.1 14.0 79.3
2008 840 57.1 14.7 74.8
2009 843 56.5 14.9 74.4
2010 873 54.9 15.8 75.8
2011 907 57.3 15.8 75.1
2012 905 52.6 17.1 75.9
2013 902 53.0 16.9 71.8
2014 878 50.5 17.3 71.8
2015 878 50.0 17.5 75.7
2016 911 51.0 17.8 74.4
2017 937 53.6 17.4 71.7
2018 957 55.2 17.3 71.9
2019 901 51.8 17.3 67.5
2020 869 53.0 16.3 67.3
2021 819 50.6 16.1 66.8
2022 821 47.7 17.1 67.5
2023 861 46.8 18.3 71.7
2024 904 50.5 17.9 71

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Wiggs Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,185 (14.7%) $6,877 (85.3%) $8,062
2020 $1,183 (13.2%) $7,807 (86.8%) $8,990
2021 $1,243 (13.4%) $8,037 (86.6%) $9,280

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Wiggs Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 715th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 898th of 2330 Middle schools
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Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Wiggs Middle)3852
 14%
   6th Grade Reading (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))3046
 16%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Wiggs Middle)4734
 13%
   6th Grade Mathematics (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))3929
 10%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Wiggs Middle)5248
 4%
   7th Grade Reading (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))4446
 2%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Wiggs Middle)4140
 1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))4132
 9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Wiggs Middle)5764
 7%
   8th Grade Reading (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))5052
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Wiggs Middle)5140
 11%
   8th Grade Mathematics (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))4829
 19%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Wiggs Middle)5344
 9%
   8th Grade Science (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))4341
 2%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Wiggs Middle)4139
 2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))2723
 4%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Wiggs Middle)9283
 9%
   End of Course Algebra I (El Paso Independent School District (Isd))7546
 29%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students901861
 4.4%
African American74
 42.9%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian56
 20%
Hispanic826785
 5%
Pacific Islander02
White5558
 5.5%
Two or More Races66
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients67.5%71.7%
 4.2%


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Students who attend Wiggs Middle usually go on to attend El Paso High School

Wiggs Middle ranks 811th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Wiggs Middle are 91% Hispanic, 7% White.

In the 2023-24 school year, 904 students attended Wiggs Middle.


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