Ysleta High School
Public high school in El Paso, Texas · Ysleta ISD · Grades 9–12
Ysleta High School serves 1,168 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 534th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 15.3 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 ÷ 76.3 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 | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484668005347 |
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 | 1,168 | 34,062 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 15.3 | 14.6 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 89% | 79% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 62% 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.
Ysleta High School in context
Size
Of the 11 high schools in Ysleta ISD, Ysleta High School is the 6th largest, with 3.4% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.6 miles away and have a median of 636 students, so Ysleta 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 12 with 328 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 262, against an average of 292 per grade. This year grade 12 has 18% more students than grade 9 (328 against 277). 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 98.8% of enrollment, about the same share as across Ysleta ISD (96.1%).
89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79% across Ysleta ISD 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
Ysleta High School has 76.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,168 students would have about 83.4 teachers, so Ysleta High School has 7.1 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
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 high school is Thrive Academy, 1.4 miles away in the same district. There are 18 high schools within 5 miles and 34 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 98.8% |
| White | 1.2% |
47.8% of students are girls and 52.2% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 277 |
| Grade 10 | 301 |
| Grade 11 | 262 |
| Grade 12 | 328 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
8600 Alameda Ave, El Paso, TX 79907
Phone: (915)434-8000
Website: ysletahs.yisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Ysleta High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive Academy | Ysleta ISD | 1.4 mi | 113 | 5.5 | 92% |
| Young Women's Leadership Academy | Ysleta ISD | 2.4 mi | 320 | 15 | 59.7% |
| Cesar Chavez Academy | Ysleta ISD | 2.4 mi | 82 | 3.2 | 97.6% |
| Harmony Science Academy (El Paso) | Harmony Public Schools - West Texas | 2.5 mi | 1,034 | 18.5 | 73.6% |
| Del Valle High School | Ysleta ISD | 2.7 mi | 1,798 | 16.7 | 83.4% |
| Premier High School-El Paso Eastpointe | Premier High Schools | 2.7 mi | 125 | 17.9 | 82.4% |
| Riverside High School | Ysleta ISD | 3.0 mi | 952 | 15 | 86.3% |
| Bel Air High School | Ysleta ISD | 3.3 mi | 1,866 | 16.1 | 83.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.