Socorro Middle

Summary:

Socorro Middle is a public middle school located in El Paso, Texas, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 540. 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 from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending, Socorro Middle has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages on STAAR tests. In the 2023-2024 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in STAAR Reading ranged from 39.35% (6th grade) to 45.03% (8th grade), while the district and state averages were significantly higher. The school's performance in STAAR Mathematics was even lower, ranging from 16.37% (7th grade) to 24.52% (6th grade) proficient or better, compared to the district and state averages. Additionally, Socorro Middle has a low statewide ranking, placing between 1402 and 2011 out of 2,252 to 2,361 Texas middle schools over the past several years, and has consistently been rated 1 or 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

When comparing Socorro Middle to other nearby middle schools in the same district, such as Col John O Ensor Middle and Salvador Sanchez Middle, as well as schools in other districts like Horizon Middle, Ricardo Estrada Middle, and Ysleta Middle, Socorro Middle consistently underperforms on academic measures. The nearby schools generally have higher proficiency rates on STAAR tests, higher statewide rankings, and better performance across student subgroups.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 321 Bovee Rd
       El Paso, TX  79927-1220


(915) 937-5000

District: Socorro Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1700th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,513 Help


Students who attend Socorro Middle usually attend:

High:    Socorro High School

Feeder schools for Socorro Middle:

Elementary:    Campestre Elementary
    Escontrias Steam Academy

Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  540

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
97.8%
White:
0.9%
American Indian:
0.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  91.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Socorro Middle ranks worse than 72% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks last among 9 ranked middle schools in the Socorro Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.02. (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 Socorro Middle has the smallest middle school student body size in the Socorro Independent School District (Isd). Racial makeup is: Hispanic (97.8%), American Indian (0.9%), White (0.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 91.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Socorro Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Socorro Middle is 14, which is the lowest among 9 middle schools in the Socorro Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Socorro Middle is $11,513, which is the highest among 9 middle schools in the Socorro Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger Rankings:

Socorro Middle was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Socorro Middle 1700th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Socorro Middle in the ranking list.)

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 Socorro Middle

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Rank History for all students at Socorro Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 35.06 1187th 1573 24.5%
2005 26.26 1298th 1582 18.0%
2006 34.12 1170th 1585 26.2%
2007 42.25 1128th 1684 33.0%
2008 54.54 855th 1718 50.2%
2009 49.61 1040th 1763 41.0%
2010 44.30 1232nd 1803 31.7%
2011 48.13 1199th 1895 36.7%
2012 38.79 1297th 1951 33.5%
2013 35.87 1421st 1973 28.0%
2014 41.07 1264th 1987 36.4%
2015 51.53 1049th 2043 48.7%
2016 57.13 901st 1987 54.7%
2017 42.79 1103rd 2027 45.6%
2018 41.65 1193rd 2080 42.6%
2019 29.51 1620th 2193 26.1%
2021 15.72 2011th 2252 10.7%
2022 25.95 1771st 2254 21.4%
2023 39.73 1402nd 2330 39.8%
2024 31.02 1700th 2361 28.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Socorro Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.97 887th 1376 35.5%
2019 35.66 950th 1445 34.3%
2021 28.88 1269th 1592 20.3%
2022 36.86 1047th 1643 36.3%
2023 50.33 720th 1720 58.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Socorro Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.55 990th 1597 38.0%
2019 30.08 1247th 1626 23.3%
2021 25.36 1506th 1712 12.0%
2022 31.24 1317th 1757 25.0%
2023 39.02 1039th 1815 42.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Socorro Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.38 820th 2039 59.8%
2019 36.93 1402nd 2073 32.4%
2021 23.96 1833rd 2172 15.6%
2022 33.40 1601st 2220 27.9%
2023 51.62 979th 2251 56.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Socorro Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.49 1270th 2008 36.8%
2019 30.02 1547th 2047 24.4%
2021 18.72 1872nd 2151 13.0%
2022 29.33 1661st 2221 25.2%
2023 42.36 1286th 2241 42.6%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Socorro Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.38 1168th 1430 18.3%
2019 27.48 1227th 1446 15.1%
2021 28.19 1206th 1501 19.7%
2022 32.55 1187th 1488 20.2%
2023 44.31 1039th 1481 29.8%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Socorro Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.70 1119th 2008 44.3%
2019 35.57 1375th 2058 33.2%
2021 24.79 1829th 2118 13.6%
2022 39.04 1308th 2182 40.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Socorro Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.67 1080th 2030 46.8%
2019 28.29 1583rd 2069 23.5%
2021 15.12 1989th 2168 8.3%
2022 23.21 1851st 2228 16.9%
2023 36.63 1436th 2245 36.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Socorro Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.85 852nd 1895 55.0%
2019 36.51 1276th 1935 34.1%
2021 20.75 1793rd 2043 12.2%
2022 32.36 1503rd 2077 27.6%
2023 47.54 1032nd 2116 51.2%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Socorro Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1991 15 0 1 885 0 n/a n/a 0 901
1992 12 0 1 878 0 n/a n/a 0 891
1993 12 0 2 894 0 n/a n/a 0 908
1994 13 2 1 879 0 n/a n/a 0 895
1995 19 2 0 874 0 n/a n/a 0 895
1996 19 2 0 874 0 n/a n/a 0 895
1997 17 2 1 902 2 n/a n/a 0 924
1998 7 3 1 888 4 n/a n/a 0 903
1999 9 4 0 886 2 n/a n/a 0 901
2000 13 1 0 895 11 n/a n/a 0 920
2001 5 0 0 753 6 n/a n/a 0 764
2002 5 2 0 714 13 n/a n/a 0 734
2003 5 2 0 714 13 n/a n/a 0 734
2004 9 2 0 734 12 n/a n/a 0 757
2005 8 0 1 712 15 n/a n/a 0 736
2006 9 0 1 683 18 n/a n/a 0 711
2007 7 0 1 654 17 n/a n/a 0 679
2008 6 0 1 631 20 n/a n/a 0 658
2009 5 0 1 640 14 n/a n/a 0 660
2010 2 2 2 644 10 n/a n/a 0 660
2011 18 2 1 628 9 0 0 0 658
2012 23 2 1 574 11 0 0 0 611
2013 19 2 1 574 13 0 0 0 609
2014 8 3 0 546 14 0 2 0 573
2015 6 3 0 550 21 0 1 0 581
2016 4 2 1 570 19 0 0 0 596
2017 7 0 1 627 9 0 0 0 644
2018 2 2 1 619 7 0 0 0 631
2019 2 3 2 643 4 0 0 0 654
2020 2 3 0 574 8 0 0 0 587
2021 2 2 0 560 5 0 0 0 569
2022 5 1 0 527 6 0 0 0 539
2023 5 2 0 528 5 0 0 0 540

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Socorro Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 901 51.0 17.6 n/a
1992 891 53.2 16.7 87.1
1993 908 62.0 14.6 67.2
1994 895 57.0 15.7 81.9
1995 895 61.4 14.6 83.8
1996 895 61.4 14.6 83.8
1997 924 64.0 14.4 84.2
1998 903 64.0 14.1 81.6
1999 901 66.9 13.5 88
2000 920 61.7 14.9 89.3
2001 764 55.9 13.7 89.3
2002 734 51.4 14.3 87.3
2003 734 51.4 14.3 87.3
2004 757 54.6 13.9 87.3
2005 736 55.7 13.2 88.6
2006 711 54.2 13.1 82.7
2007 679 52.5 12.9 86.3
2008 658 50.5 13.0 87.8
2009 660 51.7 12.8 90
2010 660 50.1 13.1 91.5
2011 658 45.0 14.6 89.8
2012 611 37.9 16.1 87.7
2013 609 33.7 18.0 89.3
2014 573 35.1 16.2 91.8
2015 581 31.0 18.7 91.9
2016 596 36.0 16.5 93.8
2017 644 40.2 15.9 95.5
2018 631 39.4 16.0 87
2019 654 43.6 15.0 72.6
2020 587 43.5 13.4 86.2
2021 569 41.4 13.7 92.8
2022 539 40.3 13.3 91.8
2023 540 38.4 14.0 91.7

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 Socorro Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 901 51.0 17.6 n/a
1992 891 53.2 16.7 87.1
1993 908 62.0 14.6 67.2
1994 895 57.0 15.7 81.9
1995 895 61.4 14.6 83.8
1996 895 61.4 14.6 83.8
1997 924 64.0 14.4 84.2
1998 903 64.0 14.1 81.6
1999 901 66.9 13.5 88
2000 920 61.7 14.9 89.3
2001 764 55.9 13.7 89.3
2002 734 51.4 14.3 87.3
2003 734 51.4 14.3 87.3
2004 757 54.6 13.9 87.3
2005 736 55.7 13.2 88.6
2006 711 54.2 13.1 82.7
2007 679 52.5 12.9 86.3
2008 658 50.5 13.0 87.8
2009 660 51.7 12.8 90
2010 660 50.1 13.1 91.5
2011 658 45.0 14.6 89.8
2012 611 37.9 16.1 87.7
2013 609 33.7 18.0 89.3
2014 573 35.1 16.2 91.8
2015 581 31.0 18.7 91.9
2016 596 36.0 16.5 93.8
2017 644 40.2 15.9 95.5
2018 631 39.4 16.0 87
2019 654 43.6 15.0 72.6
2020 587 43.5 13.4 86.2
2021 569 41.4 13.7 92.8
2022 539 40.3 13.3 91.8
2023 540 38.4 14.0 91.7

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Socorro Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,080 (11.1%) $8,626 (88.9%) $9,705
2020 $1,043 (9.9%) $9,534 (90.1%) $10,577
2021 $1,500 (13.0%) $10,013 (87.0%) $11,513

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Socorro Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1620th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1402nd of 2330 Middle schools
 13.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Socorro Middle)1834
 16%
   6th Grade Reading (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))3449
 15%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Socorro Middle)3329
 4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))4635
 11%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Socorro Middle)3748
 11%
   7th Grade Reading (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))5055
 5%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Socorro Middle)2740
 13%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))4737
 10%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Socorro Middle)4650
 4%
   8th Grade Reading (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))5762
 5%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Socorro Middle)240
 24%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))5518
 37%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Socorro Middle)4644
 2%
   8th Grade Science (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))5448
 6%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Socorro Middle)2115
 6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))3638
 2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Socorro Middle)8356
 27%
   End of Course Algebra I (Socorro Independent School District (Isd))7752
 25%
   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 Students654540
 17.4%
African American32
 33.3%
American Indian45
 25%
Asian20
 100%
Hispanic643528
 17.9%
Pacific Islander00
White25
 150%
Two or More Races00
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients72.6%91.7%
 19%


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Socorro Middle ranks 1700th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students who attend Socorro Middle usually go on to attend Socorro High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 540 students attended Socorro Middle.

Students at Socorro Middle are 98% Hispanic.


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