Horizon Heights El, El Paso TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Horizon Heights El

Horizon Heights Elementary serves the far east side of El Paso, a newer suburban area characterized by spacious family homes on larger lots. The school sits within Socorro Independent School District and serves early grades from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school population is predominantly Hispanic and reflects the economic reality of its neighborhood: a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

On state testing, the school's profile is mixed across subjects and grades. In English language arts, the school performs solidly. Third graders and fifth graders both showed strong proficiency in reading and writing, with reading standing out as the school's clearest strength across the grade bands tested. Fourth-grade students taking the Spanish-language assessment also performed at a strong level, though the sample size there is very small. In mathematics, the results are more modest. Third-grade math proficiency sits below reading proficiency for that grade, and the school overall shows lower mastery levels in math than in reading, which mirrors patterns seen in many schools serving similar populations.

Science testing is available only for fifth grade and shows below-median proficiency, a point a parent may want to explore further with the school to understand what science instruction looks like in the elementary grades and what supports are in place for students struggling with science concepts. Social studies also shows lower mastery proficiency across the school, though a substantial majority of students meet the approaches standard.

Enrollment is stable and distributed across the grade bands, with fifth grade drawing the largest cohort. The school does not report participation rates on state assessments, so it is unclear whether all students are testing or whether gaps in test-taking might shape the results shown. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among districts in El Paso County, meaning its performance relative to other elementary schools in the county is solid.

Horizon Heights is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet program, and reflects the demographic and economic composition of its east-side suburban neighborhood. It serves a community built for families seeking newer housing and a quieter suburban setting away from the urban core, in an area publicly reported to be experiencing steady expansion.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 48% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 374%

School 74% · District 18% · ▲ 56 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 480%

School 80% · District 37% · ▲ 43 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 63% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Science

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 6% · ▲ 40 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

This schoolSOCORRO 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

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income61%Higher-income70%9 pp gap