Hanks Middle School
Public middle school in El Paso, Texas · Ysleta ISD · Grades 6–8
Hanks Middle School serves 1,000 students in grades 6–8 in El Paso (El Paso County). It is one of 48 schools in Ysleta ISD. By enrollment it is the 281st largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 14.3 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 ÷ 69.96 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | Ysleta ISD |
| County | El Paso County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484668013883 |
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 middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,000 | 34,062 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 90% | 79% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 48% 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.
Hanks Middle School in context
Size
Hanks Middle School is the 4th largest of Ysleta ISD's 7 middle schools; its 1,000 students are 2.9% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 2.9 miles away and have a median of 686 students, so Hanks Middle 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 8 with 353 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 323, against an average of 333 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 323 in grade 6 and 353 in grade 8.
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 Ysleta ISD (96.1%). Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79% across Ysleta ISD 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
Hanks Middle School has 69.96 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 1,000 students would have about 69.4 teachers, so Hanks Middle School 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 Montwood Middle School, 1.6 miles away in Socorro ISD. There are 10 middle schools within 5 miles and 24 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 | 3.4% |
| Black | 1% |
| Asian | 0.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.1% |
46.6% of students are girls and 53.4% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 323 |
| Grade 7 | 324 |
| Grade 8 | 353 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
11201 Pebble Hills Blvd, El Paso, TX 79936
Phone: (915)434-5300
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Hanks Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montwood Middle School | Socorro ISD | 1.6 mi | 597 | 14.7 | 73% |
| Eastwood Middle School | Ysleta ISD | 1.7 mi | 1,280 | 15.8 | 65.2% |
| William D Slider Middle School | Socorro ISD | 1.9 mi | 627 | 15.3 | 74.8% |
| El Paso Leadership Academy - Middle East | El Paso Leadership Academy | 2.5 mi | 166 | 13.7 | 72.3% |
| Bel Air Middle School | Ysleta ISD | 3.3 mi | 1,002 | 14.8 | 90.3% |
| Sun Ridge Middle School | Socorro ISD | 3.4 mi | 978 | 17 | 64.6% |
| Hurshel Antwine Middle School | Socorro ISD | 3.8 mi | 701 | 16.7 | 74% |
| Capt Walter E Clarke Middle School | Socorro ISD | 3.9 mi | 670 | 15.6 | 77.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.