Ramona El STEM Academy
Public elementary school in El Paso, Texas · Ysleta ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Ramona El STEM Academy serves 386 students in grades Pre-K–5 in El Paso (El Paso County). It is one of 48 schools in Ysleta ISD. By enrollment it is the 3568th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 12.7 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 30.49 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Ysleta ISD |
| County | El Paso County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484668005334 |
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 elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 386 | 34,062 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 12.7 | 14.6 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 91.2% | 79% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 15% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Ramona El STEM Academy in context
Size
Of the 28 elementary schools in Ysleta ISD, Ramona El STEM Academy is the 25th largest, with 1.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.2 miles away and have a median of 604 students, so Ramona El STEM Academy is smaller 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 3 with 74 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 1, against an average of 55 per grade. This year grade 5 has 41% more students than kindergarten (65 against 46). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 1 child in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 96.4% of enrollment, about the same share as across Ysleta ISD (96.1%).
91.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79% across Ysleta ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary 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
Ramona El STEM Academy has 30.49 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 386 students would have about 26.1 teachers, so Ramona El STEM Academy has 4.4 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
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 elementary school is Riverside Elementary School, 1.2 miles away in the same district. There are 30 elementary schools within 5 miles and 84 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 96.4% |
| White | 3.4% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
47.7% of students are girls and 52.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 1 |
| Kindergarten | 46 |
| Grade 1 | 66 |
| Grade 2 | 60 |
| Grade 3 | 74 |
| Grade 4 | 74 |
| Grade 5 | 65 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
351 Nichols Rd, El Paso, TX 79915
Phone: (915)434-7700
Website: ramona.yisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Ramona El STEM Academy. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Elementary School | Ysleta ISD | 1.2 mi | 607 | 14.4 | 92.4% |
| General Douglas Macarthur PK-8 | El Paso ISD | 1.7 mi | 889 | 13.4 | 76.8% |
| Cooley Elementary School | El Paso ISD | 1.8 mi | 393 | 12.6 | 96.7% |
| Cielo Vista Elementary School | El Paso ISD | 2.2 mi | 287 | 13.1 | 61.3% |
| Hawkins Elementary School | El Paso ISD | 2.2 mi | 256 | 12.9 | 91% |
| Dr. Josefina Villamil Tinajero PK-8 | El Paso ISD | 2.2 mi | 1,231 | 17.1 | 96.2% |
| Eastwood Knolls International | Ysleta ISD | 2.3 mi | 789 | 14.2 | 55.3% |
| Sageland Elementary School | Ysleta ISD | 2.4 mi | 601 | 13.2 | 88.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.