The top reported proficiency rate is 57% in English language arts. The lowest is 20% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Hueco El
Hueco Elementary sits at the far eastern edge of El Paso, on Old Hueco Tanks Road, in a part of the city that feels distinctly removed from the urban core. This is Socorro ISD territory, one of the three large public school districts that together rank among the metro's biggest employers. The neighborhood around the school reflects the suburban expansion that has pushed steadily outward into the east side, where newer homes on larger lots characterize a quieter, family-oriented environment not far from the desert landscape near Hueco Tanks.
The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report, and that absence is simply a function of the grade band. State testing runs in third through fifth grades, and those results present a mixed picture worth understanding in detail.
In reading and language arts, the available STAAR data shows solid results at the fifth-grade level, where the clear majority of students tested on the English-language assessment reached proficiency. Fourth-grade ELA results, drawn from a much smaller Spanish-language test group, were also encouraging, though the very small tested count makes that figure difficult to generalize. Third-grade ELA results were not reported, likely due to group size.
Math tells a somewhat different story. Third and fifth-grade math proficiency rates came in below half of students tested, and fourth grade sat just at the midpoint. Science at fifth grade, tested in Spanish with a very small group, came in well below half. Social studies, where data was available, showed that fewer than a quarter of students reached the "meets grade level" bar, though a majority reached the lower "approaches" threshold. Across all subjects combined, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to other districts in El Paso County, which is a meaningful position given the competition within that set. Parents looking for deeper context on specific grade-level trajectories may want to ask the school directly, particularly in math and science.
The student body is nearly entirely Hispanic, which reflects both the surrounding neighborhood and El Paso's broader demographic character as a binational, border city. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that economic need is widespread in the community this school serves. English learner counts and special education rates were not available in the data provided.
The Spanish-language STAAR assessments appearing across several tested groups signal that the school serves a meaningful number of students in a bilingual or dual-language pathway, though program details were not available in the data.
On housing, the zip code surrounding the school carries home values that sit well below the Texas state benchmark and further below national levels, and year-over-year appreciation has been modest. Rents in the area are relatively affordable by national standards, and the rent-to-income ratio lands at a level that most working families could manage. For families considering the area, this is one of El Paso's more attainable housing markets.
Regarding Socorro ISD's strategic direction and any recent district-level changes, the research turned up nothing confirmed, so that context was left out rather than guessed at.
Hueco Elementary is a neighborhood public school embedded in a growing, lower-income corner of a large border city, serving a community where Spanish is actively part of classroom life. Its overall proficiency position among El Paso County districts is stronger than most, but within that picture, math and science results in the tested grades are areas a family would want to track and discuss with the school.
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