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El Paso Classical Academy

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El Paso Classical Academy ranks 3344 th of 4627 Texas alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12

3344^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,627 Texas Alternative Schools

Better than 28% of Texas alternative schools

Summary

El Paso Classical Academy is a small, alternative public charter school in El Paso, TX, serving 271 students in grades PK through 12, and is part of the Texas College Preparatory Academies district.

This school presents a striking paradox: it is a top performer in advanced math but struggles significantly in reading and other core subjects. For example, in Algebra I, 73.9% of students are proficient, far outpacing the state average of 54% and nearby schools like Idea Mesa Hills College Preparatory (29.5%). However, in English I and II, only about 41% of students are proficient, which is dramatically lower than the state averages of 55-60% and well below peers like Harmony School Of Science - El Paso (66-74%). This "math vs. everything else" pattern is extreme, with the school even recording a 0% proficiency rate in 8th-grade Social Studies. Despite having a low student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1—smaller than nearby charters—the school is not translating this advantage into balanced academic success.

The school’s overall profile is unstable and high-risk. Its graduation rate is just 73.9%, far below the district’s 92.3%, and its dropout rate has swung wildly from 0% to 9.4% in recent years. While the school may accelerate math-proficient students, it appears to struggle with providing a well-rounded education, leading to disengagement in other subjects. For parents seeking a stable, balanced environment, this school’s extreme performance gaps and low graduation rate are significant concerns.

271

Students ?

13.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,027

Per pupil spending ?

76%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8960 Escobar Dr
El Paso, TX 79907

(972) 316-3663

District: Texas College Preparatory Academies

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

93.0%

White:

3.7%

African American:

2.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 64th percentile in 2024 → 33rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (42% vs 53% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped from its 64th-percentile peak (2024) to 33rd (2026)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school42%

District avg54%

Texas avg53%

Elementary school

3,344^th of 4,627

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 28%▼ down 15 pts since 2021

From bottom 43% (2021) to bottom 28% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,665^th of 2,335

Texas public middle schools ?

Bottom 29%▲ up 4 pts since 2021

From bottom 25% (2021) to bottom 29% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

1,347^th of 2,009

Texas public high schools ?

Bottom 33%▲ up 2 pts since 2021

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

13^th of 16Alternative Schools in the Texas College Preparatory Academies

392^nd of 951Texas College Preparatory Academies among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	31.4	3344 of 4627	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	47.3	2300 of 4651	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	37.4	2991 of 4710	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.0	2294 of 4647	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.0	2862 of 4581	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.0	2614 of 4578	42.9%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	22.5	2523 of 2918	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.1	3435 of 3668	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.3	3451 of 3556	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.5	3249 of 3487	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	44.6	2438 of 4575	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	62.7	1166 of 3744	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	37.4	3001 of 4658	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.5	2512 of 4588	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.6	2917 of 4561	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	43.2	2406 of 4499	46.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	36.3	3021 of 4413	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	49.1	1781 of 3644	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.6	2345 of 4465	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.8	1892 of 4401	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.1	2562 of 4376	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.6	2269 of 4329	47.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	31.6	3479 of 4520	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	45.5	2051 of 3705	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.2	2605 of 4594	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.5	2639 of 4521	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.3	3167 of 4451	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	27.1	3642 of 4582	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.2	3116 of 3739	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	49.8	2190 of 4647	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.7	2113 of 4585	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.7	2693 of 4563	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.7	2818 of 4498	37.3%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	31.9	1665 of 2335	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.0	1623 of 2344	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	57.3	843 of 2372	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	26.1	1811 of 2330	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.1	2095 of 2254	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	26.6	1698 of 2252	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	13.9	2110 of 2182	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.7	2101 of 2118	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	25.7	1169 of 1428	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	46.4	841 of 1770	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	18.8	1579 of 1720	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.0	1626 of 1643	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.5	1567 of 1592	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	31.5	1626 of 2240	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.7	1559 of 1825	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	57.5	786 of 2242	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	33.1	1600 of 2241	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	2041 of 2221	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	25.1	1695 of 2151	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	35.9	1455 of 2141	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	41.4	996 of 1731	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	69.4	438 of 2119	79.3%	★★★★☆
2023	32.7	1518 of 2116	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	1960 of 2077	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	29.2	1541 of 2043	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	37.7	1461 of 2253	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	39.5	1097 of 1820	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	74.2	312 of 2235	86.0%	★★★★☆
2023	19.8	2007 of 2251	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	5.0	2203 of 2220	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	27.9	1714 of 2172	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	30.7	1647 of 2253	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	46.6	899 of 1818	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.2	580 of 2246	74.2%	★★★★☆
2023	22.0	1870 of 2245	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.3	2098 of 2228	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	31.9	1474 of 2168	32.0%	★★☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	35.6	1347 of 2009	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	38.8	1195 of 1974	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.0	1387 of 1990	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	19.8	1598 of 1961	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.4	1590 of 1876	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.7	1279 of 1861	31.3%	★★☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	13.2	1719 of 1837	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	32.1	1255 of 1829	31.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	23.9	994 of 1195	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	53.7	327 of 1153	71.6%	★★★★☆
2024	42.2	664 of 1437	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	34.8	792 of 1371	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	15.4	1175 of 1278	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.5	1071 of 1195	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	30.8	1412 of 1936	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.2	1139 of 1504	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.0	1242 of 1880	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.2	1434 of 1891	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.0	1649 of 1841	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.4	1417 of 1815	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	36.1	1230 of 1860	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	48.5	615 of 1453	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.7	1031 of 1805	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.2	1473 of 1820	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.6	1540 of 1762	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.6	1172 of 1743	32.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	39.6	1181 of 1937	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	44.9	703 of 1513	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.2	1030 of 1884	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	18.2	1611 of 1897	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	1532 of 1847	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.2	1639 of 1848	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	39.9	1155 of 1954	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	60.4	442 of 1515	70.8%	★★★★☆
2024	30.9	1278 of 1891	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	15.3	1635 of 1913	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.4	1507 of 1853	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.8	1089 of 1840	40.8%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Female (2026)47th percentile+19 vs school

Hispanic (2026)32nd percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)23rd percentile-5 vs school

Male (2026)21st percentile-7 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)14th percentile-37 vs school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)35th percentile+6 vs school

Hispanic (2026)32nd percentile+3 vs school

Female (2026)27th percentile~ school

Male (2026)27th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)18th percentile-13 vs school

At Risk (2022)3rd percentile-4 vs school

High school

Male (2026)41st percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)39th percentile+6 vs school

Hispanic (2026)34th percentile~ school

Female (2026)27th percentile-6 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)17th percentile-16 vs school

At Risk (2022)6th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Algebra I74%+20 vs state

U.S. History61%-9 vs state

Biology53%-18 vs state

Reading42%-13 vs state

English I Reading42%-13 vs state

English II Reading41%-19 vs state

Mathematics40%-5 vs state

Social Studies0%-32 vs state

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Monday, May 8, 2023

teachers refuse to follow safety rule of keeping doors locked at all times (specifically kinder, 1st and 2nd grade teachers) because they want to talk to each other and go in and out of each others classroom gossiping to talk about their day instead of watching the kids
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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				STAAR Spanish Reading (2026)			STAAR EOC Algebra I (2026)	STAAR EOC Biology (2026)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2026)	STAAR EOC English II Reading (2026)	STAAR EOC U.S. History (2026)	STAAR Reading (2026)						STAAR Mathematics (2026)						STAAR Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC Biology End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC English II Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC U.S. History End of Course	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
El Paso Classical Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	8960 Escobar Dr	El Paso	79907	El Paso County	Texas College Preparatory Academies	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(972) 316-3663	271	20	13.6	76.0%	10 (3.7%)	7 (2.6%)	252 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)								(n/a)			0.0	73.9	52.8	42.3	40.7	60.9	47.1	38.5	42.9	41.7	48.5	31.8	47.1	57.1	33.3	8.3		58.8	0.0	$11,027
Jjaep	Public, Alternative	11	7814 Alameda Ave	El Paso	79915	El Paso County	Socorro Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(915) 937-0000	2				0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Harmony School Of Science - El Paso	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-10	1730 Joe Battle Blvd	El Paso	79928	El Paso County	Harmony Public Schools - West Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 626-5086	1,308	75	17.4	70.0%	78 (6.0%)	58 (4.4%)	1,133 (86.6%)	22 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	14 (1.1%)								(n/a)	40.0	0.0	33.3	71.0	76.0	66.1	73.8	75.5	59.4	55.9	66.2	49.5	66.9	80.4	46.9	60.6	53.5	40.6	22.9	71.4	60.1	$11,675
Idea Mesa Hills College Preparatory	Public, Charter, Alternative	6-11	405 Walleberg	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	Idea Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(956) 888-8000	533	30	17.9	80.7%	23 (4.3%)	9 (1.7%)	492 (92.3%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)								(n/a)				29.5	64.2	40.3	41.4	54.7				53.0	42.3	47.8				30.8	25.4		22.0	$12,108
Harmony School Of Innovation - El Paso	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	5210 Fairbanks Dr	El Paso	79924	El Paso County	Harmony Public Schools - West Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 757-2929	1,306	80	16.2	76.1%	96 (7.4%)	70 (5.4%)	1,092 (83.6%)	11 (0.8%)	4 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	30 (2.3%)								(n/a)				49.6	70.4	60.4	68.8	64.4	37.1	56.4	69.0	58.4	68.2	85.6	26.9	39.2	38.0	31.7	23.6	74.6	22.0	$11,543

Frequently Asked Questions about El Paso Classical Academy

How many students attend El Paso Classical Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 271 students attended El Paso Classical Academy.

What district is El Paso Classical Academy in?

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What is the racial makeup of El Paso Classical Academy?

Students at El Paso Classical Academy are 93% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% African American.

Is El Paso Classical Academy a good school?

El Paso Classical Academy ranks 3344^th of 4627 Texas alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026

2021–22 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 10, 2026

2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025

2024–25 STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 23, 2025

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