Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Summary:

Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy is an elementary school in El Paso, Texas, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 1,017. The school is part of the Socorro Independent School District, which is ranked 345 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 3-star rating.

Academically, Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy has struggled compared to district and state averages, with significantly lower proficiency rates in STAAR Reading and Mathematics, especially in 3rd-5th grades. The school's performance also varies greatly across different student subgroups, with African American students performing exceptionally well but Hispanic and English Language Learner students struggling. Over the years, the school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking and SchoolDigger rating, now ranking 3043 out of 4675 Texas elementary schools with a 2-star rating.

When compared to other elementary schools in the same district, Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy generally performs worse academically, with lower proficiency rates in STAAR Reading and Mathematics. However, some nearby schools, such as Sgt Roberto Ituarte, demonstrate stronger academic performance, suggesting that there may be opportunities for Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy to learn from and collaborate with these higher-performing schools. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, at 76.2%, likely contributes to its academic struggles, and targeted interventions and support may be necessary to improve student outcomes.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 12300 Tierra Este Rd
       El Paso, TX  79938


(915) 937-6200

District: Socorro Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
3043rd of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,040 Help


Students who attend Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy usually attend:

Middle:    Special Rafael Hernando Middle
High:    El Dorado High School

Student/teacher ratio:  23.7 Help
Number of students:  968

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
87.9%
White:
6.2%
African American:
2.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  75.8% Help


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Compare Details Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy ranks worse than 65.1% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 26th among 29 ranked elementary schools in the Socorro Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.36. (See more...)
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Compare Details Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2019 the calculated Average Standard Score was 62.19. (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 (87.9%), White (6.2%), African American (2.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 75.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy is 23.7. 23 elementary schools in the Socorro Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy employs 40.7 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy is $10,040. 17 elementary schools in the Socorro Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy 3043rd of 4675 Texas public elementary schools. (See Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy in the ranking list.)

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Socorro Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Socorro Independent School District (Isd) 345th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 25.68 3014th 3465 13.0%
2005 25.79 2991st 3475 13.9%
2006 37.19 2602nd 3476 25.1%
2007 41.31 2632nd 3724 29.3%
2008 49.32 2235th 3768 40.7%
2009 56.07 1919th 3884 50.6%
2010 64.35 1494th 3937 62.1%
2011 58.78 1895th 4095 53.7%
2012 62.36 1571st 4206 62.6%
2013 62.14 1601st 4221 62.1%
2014 67.90 1314th 4260 69.2%
2015 77.04 900th 4320 79.2%
2016 75.39 977th 4286 77.2%
2017 62.66 1353rd 4329 68.7%
2018 60.57 1463rd 4359 66.4%
2019 60.66 1487th 4479 66.8%
2021 16.99 4074th 4578 11.0%
2022 35.90 3015th 4581 34.2%
2023 43.28 2581st 4647 44.5%
2024 36.36 3043rd 4675 34.9%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.98 1132nd 3226 64.9%
2019 45.21 1828th 3333 45.2%
2021 17.23 3304th 3446 4.1%
2022 35.43 2473rd 3487 29.1%
2023 41.64 2146th 3556 39.7%
2024 34.10 2544th 3638 30.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.50 978th 3558 72.5%
2019 61.16 896th 3684 75.7%
2021 24.62 3216th 3799 15.3%
2022 25.81 3328th 3952 15.8%
2023 43.85 2023rd 4086 50.5%
2024 56.02 1496th 4261 64.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.15 985th 4264 76.9%
2019 69.07 861st 4309 80.0%
2021 19.63 4051st 4451 9.0%
2022 37.79 2967th 4477 33.7%
2023 50.16 2175th 4521 51.9%
2024 45.09 2526th 4560 44.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.45 1620th 4306 62.4%
2019 60.91 1452nd 4348 66.6%
2021 19.15 3940th 4499 12.4%
2022 38.19 2884th 4561 36.8%
2023 38.96 2850th 4588 37.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Gifted and Talented students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.82 1604th 3106 48.4%
2019 57.01 1671st 3184 47.5%
2022 19.35 2716th 2958 8.2%
2023 52.49 1819th 2980 39.0%
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Rank History for elementary school At Risk students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.48 2265th 4240 46.6%
2019 43.60 2431st 4295 43.4%
2021 27.49 3552nd 4331 18.0%
2022 45.27 2430th 4461 45.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.30 1416th 4319 67.2%
2019 59.22 1497th 4357 65.6%
2021 17.55 4023rd 4498 10.6%
2022 35.15 3057th 4563 33.0%
2023 48.48 2237th 4585 51.2%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.68 506th 2483 79.6%
2019 62.64 686th 2515 72.7%
2022 97.74 19th 2421 99.2%
2023 82.16 241st 2443 90.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.10 949th 4168 77.2%
2019 67.72 981st 4188 76.6%
2021 17.77 4018th 4329 7.2%
2022 37.37 2934th 4376 33.0%
2023 47.78 2199th 4401 50.0%
2024 45.17 2413th 4431 45.5%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.94 2754th 3127 11.9%
2019 32.86 2334th 3142 25.7%
2022 52.93 1455th 3082 52.8%
2023 46.92 1744th 3106 43.9%
2024 26.39 2530th 3078 17.8%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 33.86 1192nd 1582 24.7%
2006 45.06 998th 1585 37.0%
2007 49.61 968th 1684 42.5%
2008 53.22 903rd 1718 47.4%
2009 48.74 1061st 1763 39.8%
2010 64.41 590th 1803 67.3%
2011 69.11 453rd 1895 76.1%
2012 68.83 520th 1951 73.3%
2013 58.80 808th 1973 59.0%
2014 68.30 573rd 1987 71.2%
2015 72.66 457th 2043 77.6%
2016 73.99 436th 1987 78.1%
2017 62.07 611th 2027 69.9%
2018 66.95 524th 2080 74.8%
2019 62.19 650th 2193 70.4%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2004 27 21 0 736 0 n/a n/a 0 784
2005 55 21 2 1128 3 n/a n/a 0 1209
2006 56 51 3 1305 2 n/a n/a 0 1417
2007 49 59 8 1221 4 n/a n/a 0 1341
2008 49 44 11 1177 2 n/a n/a 0 1283
2009 47 48 13 1196 1 n/a n/a 0 1305
2010 49 37 9 1097 2 n/a n/a 0 1194
2011 48 37 12 1101 1 1 2 0 1202
2012 75 47 15 1085 2 3 4 0 1231
2013 64 52 22 1097 1 2 11 0 1249
2014 64 49 23 1061 1 3 9 0 1210
2015 59 49 19 1012 1 1 8 0 1149
2016 57 53 14 993 1 0 21 0 1139
2017 52 42 12 1006 1 0 25 0 1138
2018 52 43 11 1047 0 0 20 0 1173
2019 51 38 12 945 3 3 18 0 1070
2020 35 22 8 903 2 3 12 0 985
2021 16 16 5 739 1 2 7 0 786
2022 29 26 2 736 1 3 9 0 806
2023 54 33 2 912 0 3 13 0 1017
2024 60 23 12 851 2 4 16 0 968

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

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2004 784 42.4 18.5 77.4
2005 1209 59.4 20.4 77
2006 1417 73.6 19.3 71.4
2007 1341 71.4 18.8 68.2
2008 1283 72.0 17.8 67.3
2009 1305 71.2 18.3 68.1
2010 1194 69.7 17.1 69.3
2011 1202 66.5 18.0 65.5
2012 1231 65.8 18.7 63
2013 1249 62.5 19.9 63.4
2014 1210 65.1 18.5 68.2
2015 1149 64.0 17.9 67
2016 1139 65.0 17.5 61.6
2017 1138 63.9 17.8 67.3
2018 1173 69.0 16.9 67.2
2019 1070 68.0 15.7 71.3
2020 985 62.9 15.6 74
2021 786 51.7 15.1 80.2
2022 806 46.4 17.3 80.5
2023 1017 50.8 20.0 76.2
2024 968 40.7 23.7 75.8

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 Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2004 784 42.4 18.5 77.4
2005 1209 59.4 20.4 77
2006 1417 73.6 19.3 71.4
2007 1341 71.4 18.8 68.2
2008 1283 72.0 17.8 67.3
2009 1305 71.2 18.3 68.1
2010 1194 69.7 17.1 69.3
2011 1202 66.5 18.0 65.5
2012 1231 65.8 18.7 63
2013 1249 62.5 19.9 63.4
2014 1210 65.1 18.5 68.2
2015 1149 64.0 17.9 67
2016 1139 65.0 17.5 61.6
2017 1138 63.9 17.8 67.3
2018 1173 69.0 16.9 67.2
2019 1070 68.0 15.7 71.3
2020 985 62.9 15.6 74
2021 786 51.7 15.1 80.2
2022 806 46.4 17.3 80.5
2023 1017 50.8 20.0 76.2
2024 968 40.7 23.7 75.8

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 Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,041 (11.4%) $8,120 (88.6%) $9,161
2020 $966 (10.4%) $8,315 (89.6%) $9,282
2021 $1,492 (14.9%) $8,549 (85.1%) $10,040

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1487th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 2581st of 4647 Elementary schools
 22.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy)3845
 7%
   3rd Grade Reading (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))4753
 6%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy)5330
 23%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))5445
 9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy)5340
 13%
   4th Grade Reading (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))5050
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy)5638
 18%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))5149
 2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
5th Grade Reading (Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy)5454
   5th Grade Reading (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))5362
 9%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy)5656
   5th Grade Mathematics (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))6355
 8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy)5326
 27%
   5th Grade Science (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))5137
 14%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students10701017
 5%
African American3833
 13.2%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian122
 83.3%
Hispanic945912
 3.5%
Pacific Islander33
White5154
 5.9%
Two or More Races1813
 27.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients71.3%76.2%
 4.9%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 968 students attended Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy.

Students at Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy are 88% Hispanic, 6% White, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy ranks 3043rd of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy usually go on to attend:

Middle : Special Rafael Hernando Middle
High : El Dorado High School


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