El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East
Public middle school (charter) in El Paso, Texas · El Paso Leadership Academy · Grades 6–8
El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East serves 166 students in grades 6–8 in El Paso (El Paso County). It is one of 3 schools in El Paso Leadership Academy. By enrollment it is the 1581st largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 13.7 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas middle school (14.4).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 12.16 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| 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 | 480143914231 |
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 middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 166 | 775 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 13.7 | 17.1 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 72.3% | 83.1% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 38% of Texas middle 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 - Middle East in context
Size
El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East is the smallest of El Paso Leadership Academy's 2 middle schools; its 166 students are 21.4% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 2.3 miles away and have a median of 704 students, so El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle 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 8 with 79 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 25, against an average of 55 per grade. This year grade 8 has 216% more students than grade 6 (79 against 25). 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
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 95.2% of enrollment, about the same share as across El Paso Leadership Academy (96.8%).
72.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 83.1% across El Paso Leadership Academy and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle 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
El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East has 12.16 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 166 students would have about 11.5 teachers, so El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other middle school is William D Slider Middle School, 1 miles away in Socorro ISD. There are 11 middle schools within 5 miles and 21 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 95.2% |
| White | 4.2% |
| Asian | 0.6% |
41% of students are girls and 59% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 25 |
| Grade 7 | 62 |
| Grade 8 | 79 |
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 - Middle East. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William D Slider Middle School | Socorro ISD | 1.0 mi | 627 | 15.3 | 74.8% |
| Sun Ridge Middle School | Socorro ISD | 1.0 mi | 978 | 17 | 64.6% |
| Montwood Middle School | Socorro ISD | 1.1 mi | 597 | 14.7 | 73% |
| Capt Walter E Clarke Middle School | Socorro ISD | 2.2 mi | 670 | 15.6 | 77.2% |
| Spec Rafael Hernando Middle School | Socorro ISD | 2.3 mi | 707 | 15.8 | 73% |
| Hanks Middle School | Ysleta ISD | 2.5 mi | 1,000 | 14.3 | 90% |
| Hurshel Antwine Middle School | Socorro ISD | 2.7 mi | 701 | 16.7 | 74% |
| Ssg Manuel R Puentes | Socorro ISD | 3.1 mi | 1,031 | 17 | 62.3% |
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 - H S East | High | 9–12 | 428 |