Best Elementary Schools in El Paso, TX (2025-26)

Ranked elementary schools

119

Listed, not ranked

Every ranked elementary school in El Paso, TX, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.

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El Paso, TX elementary schools ranked

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#1	A+	Glen Cove	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	78%	34%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	613
#2	A	Eastwood Knolls International	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	68%	39%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	804
#3	A	Sgt Roberto Ituarte	El Paso	Socorro Isd	67%	31%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	697
#4	A	John Drugan School	El Paso	Socorro Isd	66%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,118
#5	A	Congressman Silvestre And Carolina School	El Paso	Canutillo Isd	65%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	573
#6	A	Marguerite J Lundy	El Paso	El Paso Isd	64%	56%	Meets Expectations	801
#7	A	Vista Hills	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	64%	32%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	454
#8	A	Desertaire	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	63%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	589
#9	A	Eastwood Heights	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	63%	37%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	552
#10	A	Presa	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	63%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	307
#11	A	Scotsdale	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	63%	31%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	679
#12	A	Hawkins	El Paso	El Paso Isd	62%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	262
#13	A	Horizon Heights	El Paso	Socorro Isd	62%	31%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	925
#14	A	Tippin	El Paso	El Paso Isd	62%	51%	Meets Expectations	672
#15	A	Cactus Trails	El Paso	Socorro Isd	61%	42%	Exceeds Expectations	1,027
#16	A	Harmony School Of Excellence El Paso (Charter)	El Paso	Harmony Public Schools - West Texas	61%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	702
#17	A	Polk	El Paso	El Paso Isd	61%	41%	Exceeds Expectations	627
#18	A-	Idea Edgemere Academy (Charter)	El Paso	Idea Public Schools	59%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	974
#19	A-	Bill Sybert School	El Paso	Socorro Isd	58%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	829
#20	A-	East Point	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	58%	32%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	589
#21	A-	Tierra Del Sol	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	58%	31%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	562
#22	A-	Loma Verde	El Paso	Socorro Isd	57%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	794
#23	A-	North Star	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	56%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	518
#24	A-	Ysleta	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	56%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	355
#25	B+	Lujan Chavez	El Paso	Socorro Isd	55%	33%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,008
#26	B+	Sageland	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	54%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	465
#27	B+	Mesita	El Paso	El Paso Isd	53%	42%	Meets Expectations	940
#28	B+	Cielo Vista	El Paso	El Paso Isd	52%	30%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	272
#29	B+	Edgemere International School	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	52%	31%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	695
#30	B+	Milam	El Paso	El Paso Isd	52%	40%	Meets Expectations	845
#31	B+	Campestre	El Paso	Socorro Isd	51%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	495
#32	B+	Dr Sue A Shook School	El Paso	Socorro Isd	51%	33%	Exceeds Expectations	1,058
#33	B+	Pebble Hills	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	51%	30%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	593
#34	B+	Ramona	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	51%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	236
#35	B+	Western Hills	El Paso	El Paso Isd	51%	32%	Exceeds Expectations	343
#36	B	Idea Mesa Hills Academy (Charter)	El Paso	Idea Public Schools	50%	20%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	739
#37	B	Idea Mesquite Hills Academy (Charter)	El Paso	Idea Public Schools	50%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	505
#38	B	Lamar	El Paso	El Paso Isd	50%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	271
#39	B	The Linguistic Acad Of El Paso Cultural Demo Site (Charter)	El Paso	Burnham Wood Charter School District	50%	31%	Exceeds Expectations	347
#40	B	Tom Lea JR	El Paso	El Paso Isd	50%	34%	Exceeds Expectations	809
#41	B	Elfida Chavez	El Paso	Socorro Isd	49%	30%	Exceeds Expectations	691
#42	B	Jane A Hambric School	El Paso	Socorro Isd	49%	24%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	873
#43	B	Lancaster	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	49%	24%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	594
#44	B	Sierra Vista	El Paso	Socorro Isd	49%	29%	Exceeds Expectations	648
#45	B	Ben Narbuth El	El Paso		48%	34%	Meets Expectations	782
#46	B	Helen Ball	El Paso	Socorro Isd	48%	29%	Exceeds Expectations	662
#47	B	Kohlberg	El Paso	El Paso Isd	48%	31%	Exceeds Expectations	472
#48	B	Sgt Jose F Carrasco	El Paso	Socorro Isd	48%	39%	Meets Expectations	1,080
#49	B	Vista Del Sol	El Paso	Socorro Isd	48%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	510
#50	B	Loma Terrace	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	47%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	697
#51	B	Pasodale	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	47%	26%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	474
#52	B-	Bliss	El Paso	El Paso Isd	46%	29%	Exceeds Expectations	532
#53	B-	Vista Del Futuro Charter School (Charter)	El Paso	Vista Del Futuro Charter School	46%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	332
#54	B-	Zach White	El Paso	El Paso Isd	46%	35%	Meets Expectations	355
#55	B-	Dolphin Terrace	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	45%	28%	Exceeds Expectations	457
#56	B-	Guerrero	El Paso	El Paso Isd	45%	26%	Exceeds Expectations	395
#57	B-	Thomas Manor	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	45%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	451
#58	B-	Benito Martinez	El Paso	Socorro Isd	44%	29%	Exceeds Expectations	497
#59	B-	Del Valle	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	44%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	465
#60	B-	James P Butler	El Paso	Socorro Isd	44%	32%	Meets Expectations	985
#61	B-	Mission Ridge	El Paso	Socorro Isd	44%	29%	Exceeds Expectations	962
#62	B-	Myrtle Cooper	El Paso	Socorro Isd	44%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	578
#63	B-	Oshea Keleher	El Paso	Socorro Isd	44%	29%	Exceeds Expectations	655
#64	B-	William C Herrera	El Paso	El Paso Isd	44%	29%	Exceeds Expectations	571
#65	C+	Chester E Jordan	El Paso	Socorro Isd	43%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	813
#66	C+	H D Hilley	El Paso	Socorro Isd	43%	24%	Exceeds Expectations	514
#67	C+	Robbin E L Washington International	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	43%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	456
#68	C+	North Loop	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	42%	18%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	535
#69	C+	Parkland	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	42%	23%	Exceeds Expectations	510
#70	C+	Sunrise Mountain	El Paso	El Paso Isd	42%	16%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	473
#71	C+	Desert Wind	El Paso	Socorro Isd	41%	26%	Meets Expectations	804
#72	C+	General Douglas Macarthur Pk 8	El Paso	El Paso Isd	41%	33%	Meets Expectations	916
#73	C+	Hueco	El Paso	Socorro Isd	41%	23%	Exceeds Expectations	566
#74	C+	Purple Heart	El Paso	Socorro Isd	41%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	960
#75	C+	Whitaker	El Paso	El Paso Isd	40%	21%	Exceeds Expectations	331
#76	C	Gonzalo And Sofia Garcia	El Paso	Canutillo Isd	40%	35%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	466
#77	C	Hillside	El Paso	El Paso Isd	40%	23%	Exceeds Expectations	465
#78	C	Moreno	El Paso	El Paso Isd	40%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	392
#79	C	Newman	El Paso	El Paso Isd	40%	22%	Exceeds Expectations	264
#80	C	Nixon	El Paso	El Paso Isd	40%	32%	Meets Expectations	610
#81	C	Colin L Powell	El Paso	El Paso Isd	39%	25%	Meets Expectations	517
#82	C	Don Haskins Pk 8	El Paso	El Paso Isd	39%	37%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,674
#83	C	Escontrias Steam Academy	El Paso	Socorro Isd	39%	19%	Exceeds Expectations	854
#84	C	Putnam	El Paso	El Paso Isd	39%	25%	Meets Expectations	266
#85	C	Green	El Paso	El Paso Isd	38%	27%	Meets Expectations	363
#86	C	Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy	El Paso	Socorro Isd	38%	28%	Meets Expectations	1,017
#87	C-	Montana Vista	El Paso	Clint Isd	37%	22%	Exceeds Expectations	471
#88	C-	Red Sands	El Paso	Clint Isd	37%	20%	Exceeds Expectations	587
#89	C-	Coldwell	El Paso	El Paso Isd	36%	23%	Meets Expectations	435
#90	C-	Howard Burnham (Charter)	El Paso	Burnham Wood Charter School District	36%	24%	Meets Expectations	290
#91	C-	Riverside El	El Paso		36%	18%	Exceeds Expectations	639
#92	C-	Rivera	El Paso	El Paso Isd	35%	31%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	256
#93	D+	Bobby Joe Hill Pk-8	El Paso		35%	23%	Meets Expectations	722
#94	D+	Barron	El Paso	El Paso Isd	34%	23%	Meets Expectations	383
#95	D+	Desert Hills	El Paso	Clint Isd	34%	27%	Meets Expectations	907
#96	D+	Ernesto Serna School	El Paso	Socorro Isd	34%	22%	Meets Expectations	710
#97	D+	Frank Macias	El Paso	Clint Isd	34%	20%	Meets Expectations	963
#98	D+	Mission Valley	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	34%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	640
#99	D+	Carroll T Welch	El Paso	Clint Isd	33%	18%	Meets Expectations	636
#100	D+	Clendenin	El Paso	El Paso Isd	33%	20%	Meets Expectations	398
#101	D+	Park	El Paso	El Paso Isd	33%	24%	Meets Expectations	401
#102	D+	Rusk	El Paso	El Paso Isd	33%	19%	Exceeds Expectations	226
#103	D+	Zavala	El Paso	El Paso Isd	33%	13%	Exceeds Expectations	291
#104	D+	Robert R Rojas	El Paso	Socorro Isd	32%	23%	Meets Expectations	516
#105	D	Coach Archie Duran	El Paso	El Paso Isd	31%	20%	Meets Expectations	737
#106	D	Dr Joseph Torres	El Paso	El Paso Isd	31%	29%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	604
#107	D	Travis	El Paso	El Paso Isd	30%	19%	Meets Expectations	228
#108	D	La Fe Preparatory School (Charter)	El Paso	La Fe Preparatory School	29%	13%	Exceeds Expectations	184
#109	D-	Aoy	El Paso	El Paso Isd	27%	17%	Meets Expectations	275
#110	D-	Cooley	El Paso	El Paso Isd	27%	14%	Meets Expectations	411
#111	D-	Dr Josefina Villamil Tinajero Pk-8	El Paso		26%	18%	Meets Expectations	1,246
#112	D-	Logan	El Paso	El Paso Isd	25%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	587
#113	D-	Stanton	El Paso	El Paso Isd	25%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	378
#114	D-	Capistrano	El Paso	Ysleta Isd	24%	17%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	460
#115	D-	Charles Q Murphree Pk-8	El Paso		24%	23%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	849
#116	D-	Crockett	El Paso	El Paso Isd	24%	20%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	457
#117	D-	Douglass	El Paso	El Paso Isd	24%	13%	Meets Expectations	511
#118	D-	H R Moye	El Paso	El Paso Isd	24%	17%	Meets Expectations	299
#119	F	Hart	El Paso	El Paso Isd	21%	16%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	380

How El Paso, TX's elementary schools compare

A: 24B: 40C: 28D: 26F: 1

54% of the 119 ranked elementary schools in El Paso, TX earn an A or B (24 A grades, 40 B, 28 C, 26 D, 1 F), against 46% of elementary schools nationwide. 108 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (91% here, 70% nationally), and 75 exceed it. On average 45% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 27% (national averages: 46% actual, 37% projected).

The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Glen Cove (78% against 34%, A+), Presa (63% against 23%, A), Hawkins (62% against 23%, A), Sgt Roberto Ituarte (67% against 31%, A), Desertaire (63% against 27%, A).

Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 30): Ysleta Isd (13), Socorro Isd (7), El Paso Isd (7).

The largest ranked elementary schools: Don Haskins Pk 8 (1,674 students, C, #82), Dr Josefina Villamil Tinajero Pk-8 (1,246 students, D-, #111), John Drugan School (1,118 students, A, #4).

Of the top 25, 0 are magnet schools and 2 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.

Elementary schools in El Paso, TX that are not ranked

7 graded elementary schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.

Special-purpose schools (1)

Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.

A Alicia R Chacon International, El Paso

Not yet graded (6)

Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.

About Face Program, El Paso
Constance Hulbert, El Paso
Del Norte Heights, El Paso
El Paso Early Learning Language Academy, El Paso
Hughey, El Paso
Keys, El Paso

About this ranking

Scope: public elementary schools in El Paso, TX, as grouped on its schools page; the Texas ranking covers the whole state.
Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the elementary schools.
Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works

Questions about elementary schools in El Paso, TX

What is the best elementary school in El Paso, TX?

Glen Cove in El Paso ranks first among the 119 ranked elementary schools in El Paso, TX with a SchoolGrade of A+, 78% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 34%.

How are elementary schools in El Paso, TX ranked?

By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.

How many elementary schools does El Paso, TX have?

SchoolGrade grades 126 public elementary schools in El Paso, TX; 119 are ranked here and 7 are listed as not ranked.