Barron El, El Paso TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Barron El

Barron Elementary is a small, early-grades school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in East El Paso, in a pocket of the city marked by newer residential development. The school enrolls about that size for the grade band, with a substantial share of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with much smaller populations of Black, white, and Asian students.

The school sits within El Paso ISD at a moment of significant change. The district has launched a multi-year "Destination District Redesign" driven by declining enrollment and budget pressure, which has already closed some elementary schools and will affect others. Barron itself has not been slated for closure, and the district is actually directing resources toward it: Barron is one of two schools selected to receive the Accelerated Campus Excellence program, a specialized academic initiative designed to boost student achievement.

State test results for Barron show mixed performance. In English language arts, the school performed well in fifth grade, with a strong proficiency rate, suggesting solid reading and writing skills at that level. Performance in fourth-grade ELA was much weaker, and third-grade results were not available in the data. Math proficiency is lower across the board: fourth and fifth graders showed modest proficiency rates, with fifth grade slightly higher than fourth. Science proficiency in fifth grade was low. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among El Paso County schools when measured across all tested grades and subjects.

Parents may want to look into further what is driving the gap between ELA strength at fifth grade and the weaker performance elsewhere, and what the Accelerated Campus Excellence program entails at this school. The program is still in early implementation, so its trajectory is worth understanding as a family considers this campus.

The school serves a neighborhood in active development on El Paso's east side, where newer suburban homes have drawn families seeking quieter, spacious residential environments. Housing costs in the area are moderate relative to the state and nation, and rental rates are also lower, making the neighborhood accessible for working families. The broader community has parks, libraries, and transit access through Sun Metro. Fort Bliss, health services, and the school district itself are major regional employers.

Barron is a regular public elementary school with no charter or magnet designation. Data on special education enrollment, English learner enrollment, teacher staffing, or attendance was not available. The school website was not provided in the available information, so parents would want to consult the school or district directly for details on daily schedule, classroom structure, recess and enrichment activities, and classroom assignment practices.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 416%

School 16% · District 47% · ▼ 31 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 46% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 60% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Science

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 26% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

This schoolEL PASO ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income62%Higher-income75%13 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income14%Higher-income25%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income26%Higher-income13%13 pp gap