El Paso Leadership Academy - H S East
Public high school (charter) in El Paso, Texas · El Paso Leadership Academy · Grades 9–12
El Paso Leadership Academy - H S East serves 428 students in grades 9–12 in El Paso (El Paso County). It is one of 3 schools in El Paso Leadership Academy. By enrollment it is the 993rd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 18.3 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 ÷ 23.36 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | El Paso Leadership Academy |
| County | El Paso County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480143914230 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | El Paso Leadership Academy | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 428 | 775 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 18.3 | 17.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 81.1% | 83.1% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 87% 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.
El Paso Leadership Academy - H S East in context
Size
El Paso Leadership Academy - H S East is the only high school in El Paso Leadership Academy. Its 428 students are 55.2% of the district's 775. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,707; El Paso Leadership Academy - H S East is smaller than most of them.
As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
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 11 with 119 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 89, against an average of 107 per grade. This year grade 12 has 16% fewer students than grade 9 (89 against 106). 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: 96% here and 96.8% across El Paso Leadership Academy. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
81.1% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 83.1% across El Paso Leadership Academy and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 23.36 full-time-equivalent teachers for 428 students, El Paso Leadership Academy - H S East has 18.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 428 students would have about 30.6 teachers, so El Paso Leadership Academy - H S East has 7.2 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
El Paso Leadership Academy - H S East is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Montwood High School, 0.6 miles away in Socorro ISD. Within 10 miles there are 31 other high schools, 13 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 | 96% |
| White | 2.6% |
| Black | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.2% |
41.6% of students are girls and 58.4% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 106 |
| Grade 10 | 114 |
| Grade 11 | 119 |
| Grade 12 | 89 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2101 Joe Battle Blvd, El Paso, TX 79938
Phone: (915)298-3900
Website: epleadershipacademy.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: El Paso Leadership Academy - H S East. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montwood High School | Socorro ISD | 0.6 mi | 2,499 | 17 | 70.1% |
| El Dorado High School | Socorro ISD | 1.8 mi | 2,109 | 16.1 | 70.9% |
| Triumph Public High Schools-El Paso East | Triumph Public High Schools-West Texas | 2.3 mi | 129 | 22.3 | – |
| Americas High School | Socorro ISD | 2.8 mi | 2,049 | 16.5 | 66.3% |
| J M Hanks High School | Ysleta ISD | 3.0 mi | 1,364 | 15 | 71.3% |
| Pebble Hills High School | Socorro ISD | 3.1 mi | 2,952 | 18.2 | 58.8% |
| El Paso Academy | El Paso Academy | 3.7 mi | 206 | 34.3 | 79.6% |
| Premier High School-El Paso Eastpointe | Premier High Schools | 4.0 mi | 125 | 17.9 | 82.4% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in El Paso Leadership Academy
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso Leadership Academy | Middle | 6–8 | 181 |
| El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East | Middle | 6–8 | 166 |