Bel Air High School
Public high school in El Paso, Texas · Ysleta ISD · Grades 9–12
Bel Air High School serves 1,866 students in grades 9–12 in El Paso (El Paso County). It is one of 48 schools in Ysleta ISD. By enrollment it is the 368th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 16.1 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 115.78 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Ysleta ISD |
| County | El Paso County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 484668005307 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Ysleta ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,866 | 34,062 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 16.1 | 14.6 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 83.3% | 79% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 71% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Bel Air High School in context
Size
Bel Air High School is the 2nd largest of Ysleta ISD's 11 high schools; its 1,866 students are 5.5% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1.5 miles away with a median enrollment of 297; Bel Air High School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 9 with 585 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 392, against an average of 467 per grade. This year grade 12 has 33% fewer students than grade 9 (392 against 585). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 98.6% here and 96.1% across Ysleta ISD. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
83.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79% across Ysleta ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 115.78 full-time-equivalent teachers for 1,866 students, Bel Air High School has 16.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,866 students would have about 133.3 teachers, so Bel Air High School has 17.5 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Bel Air High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Young Women's Leadership Academy, 1 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 38 other high schools, 18 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 98.6% |
| White | 0.6% |
| Black | 0.4% |
| Asian | 0.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.1% |
50.8% of students are girls and 49.2% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 585 |
| Grade 10 | 481 |
| Grade 11 | 408 |
| Grade 12 | 392 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
731 Yarbrough Dr., El Paso, TX 79915
Phone: (915)434-2000
Website: belair.yisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Bel Air High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Women's Leadership Academy | Ysleta ISD | 1.0 mi | 320 | 15 | 59.7% |
| El Paso Academy | El Paso Academy | 1.0 mi | 206 | 34.3 | 79.6% |
| Valle Verde Early College High School | Ysleta ISD | 1.2 mi | 273 | 14 | 65.9% |
| Premier High School-El Paso Eastpointe | Premier High Schools | 1.3 mi | 125 | 17.9 | 82.4% |
| Cesar Chavez Academy | Ysleta ISD | 1.7 mi | 82 | 3.2 | 97.6% |
| Eastwood High School | Ysleta ISD | 1.8 mi | 2,295 | 16 | 55.6% |
| Riverside High School | Ysleta ISD | 1.8 mi | 952 | 15 | 86.3% |
| J M Hanks High School | Ysleta ISD | 2.2 mi | 1,364 | 15 | 71.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.