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Don Haskins Pk-8

Q: Is Don Haskins Pk-8 a good school?

Don Haskins Pk-8 ranks 2831 st of 4627 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-8

2831^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 39% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Don Haskins Pk-8 in El Paso, TX, is a large school serving 1,405 students from Pre-K through 8th grade within the El Paso Independent School District (Isd), where about 65% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. While the school has a consistent 2-star rating and ranks in the 39th to 43rd percentile statewide, it stands out for its stark contrast between reading and math performance—reading scores often meet or exceed state averages, but math proficiency drops significantly, especially from 5th grade onward. For example, in 5th grade math, only 27.42% of students were proficient, compared to 81.31% at nearby Polk Elementary and 71.43% at Kohlberg Elementary.

Compared to other schools in the area, Don Haskins Pk-8 underperforms significantly. Most nearby schools, like Zach White Elementary and Guerrero Elementary, consistently rank higher, with many earning 3 or 4 stars. The school also struggles to support its English Language Learners and low-income students, ranking in the 12th and 21st percentiles for these groups, respectively. However, there is a bright spot: the school performs relatively well for its Special Education students, ranking in the 64th percentile, and for White students, who perform at the state average.

One interesting takeaway is that Don Haskins Pk-8 is the only PK-8 school in its vicinity, which can offer stability by reducing transitions, but this model hasn't led to better academic outcomes compared to traditional elementary schools. The middle school grades (6-8) are a particular concern, with math proficiency dropping to as low as 21.05% in 8th grade. For families considering this school, it's important to note that while reading instruction appears solid, math support may need extra attention, and the school's large size might make individualized help more challenging. Nearby options like Congressman Silvestre & Carolina School in the Canutillo Independent School District (Isd) or The Linguistic Academy Of El Paso-Cultural Demo Site in the Burnham Wood Charter School District offer higher overall performance.

1,405

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,293

Per pupil spending ?

65.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

500 Mulberry
El Paso, TX 79932

(915) 236-3400

District: El Paso Independent School District (Isd)

Students who attend Don Haskins Pk-8 usually attend:

High:

Franklin High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

87.5%

White:

9.9%

Two or more races:

1.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 43rd percentile in 2023 → 39th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (38% vs 49% meeting standards)

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

!Mathematics scores 16 pts below the Texas average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school38%

District avg46%

Texas avg49%

Elementary school

2,831^st of 4,627

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 39%▼ down 4 pts since 2023

From bottom 43% (2023) to bottom 39% (2026)

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★★★★★

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Middle school

1,588^th of 2,335

Texas public middle schools ?

Bottom 32%▼ down 17 pts since 2023

From bottom 49% (2023) to bottom 32% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

28^th of 43Elementary Schools in the El Paso Independent School District (Isd)

531^st of 951El Paso Independent School District (Isd) 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	39.0	2831 of 4627	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	41.0	2703 of 4651	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.4	2816 of 4710	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.1	2657 of 4647	42.8%	★★☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	43.7	2543 of 4461	43.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	21.1	3239 of 3668	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.1	2858 of 3556	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	39.0	2278 of 3487	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	37.1	2964 of 4575	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.6	2923 of 4658	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.2	2771 of 4588	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.1	2021 of 4561	55.7%	★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	27.6	2741 of 3075	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	2792 of 2980	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.8	2660 of 2958	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	40.0	2772 of 4413	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.7	3150 of 4465	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	42.9	2580 of 4401	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.2	2073 of 4376	52.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	38.3	2986 of 4520	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.9	3644 of 4594	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.5	3552 of 4521	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.7	2980 of 4477	33.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	41.0	2683 of 4582	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.1	3187 of 4647	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.3	2496 of 4585	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.9	2179 of 4563	52.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	53.7	1532 of 4301	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.2	2422 of 4292	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.9	2388 of 4086	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	48.5	1660 of 3952	58.0%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	51.7	1504 of 3006	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.6	1037 of 3108	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.8	1583 of 3106	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	72.8	646 of 3082	79.0%	★★★★☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	34.4	1588 of 2335	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.5	1571 of 2344	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.5	1296 of 2372	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.9	1184 of 2330	49.2%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	96.4	24 of 1251	98.1%	★★★★★

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	35.9	1457 of 2182	33.2%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	21.2	1292 of 1390	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	38.5	1066 of 1770	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.2	1082 of 1720	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.1	912 of 1643	44.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	31.6	1621 of 2240	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.4	1428 of 2242	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.8	1273 of 2241	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.4	1279 of 2221	42.4%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	9.2	1447 of 1497	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.8	1339 of 1481	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.0	1297 of 1488	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	34.4	1508 of 2141	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	44.3	1118 of 2119	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.9	991 of 2116	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	45.0	1069 of 2077	48.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	26.0	1865 of 2253	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.6	1614 of 2235	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.5	1559 of 2251	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.5	1397 of 2220	37.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	36.7	1467 of 2253	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.7	1111 of 2246	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.1	1083 of 2245	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.3	1079 of 2228	51.6%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2023	28.7	636 of 817	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	42.9	976 of 1956	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.0	890 of 1891	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.2	896 of 1815	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.2	618 of 1757	64.8%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	63.2	560 of 1731	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.6	827 of 1733	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.6	604 of 1749	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.9	532 of 1723	69.1%	★★★☆☆

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

Special Education (2026)64th percentile+26 vs school

White (2026)50th percentile+11 vs school

At Risk (2022)43rd percentile

Male (2026)41st percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2026)37th percentile~ school

Female (2026)35th percentile-4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)34th percentile-5 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)12th percentile-29 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)11th percentile-28 vs school

Middle school

African American (2022)98th percentile

White (2026)68th percentile+36 vs school

Special Education (2026)50th percentile+18 vs school

Male (2026)35th percentile+3 vs school

At Risk (2022)33rd percentile

Hispanic (2026)30th percentile~ school

Female (2026)28th percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)22nd percentile-27 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)17th percentile-15 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)7th percentile-25 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)3rd percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Reading50%-5 vs state

Algebra I39%-15 vs state

Mathematics30%-16 vs state

Social Studies22%-10 vs state

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Don Haskins Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	500 Mulberry	El Paso	79932	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 236-3400	1,405	92	15.2	65.1%	139 (9.9%)	9 (0.6%)	1,229 (87.5%)	12 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.1%)	39	2831^st of 4627 public elementary schools	38.8%		41	2703^rd of 4651 public elementary schools	41.9%	128	14.3	17.7	18.2	13.3	11.8	0.0	38.8	51.2	49.5	54.1	48.3	47.6	51.7	40.7	39.0	27.4	31.7	21.1	21.7	$9,293
The Linguistic Academy Of El Paso-Cultural Demo Site	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	5141 Upper Valley Rd	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	Burnham Wood Charter School District	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 584-9499	374	22	16.7	35.0%	22 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	348 (93.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72.6	1030^th of 4627 public elementary schools	77.7%		70.2	1132^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	75.7%	102								60.0	60.5	64.5	65.6			64.4	60.5	41.9	53.1			$6,389
William C Herrera Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	350 Coates Dr	El Paso	79932	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 774-7700	496	35	13.9	72.2%	37 (7.5%)	1 (0.2%)	449 (90.5%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	45.1	2381^st of 4627 public elementary schools	48.5%		57.9	1675^th of 4651 public elementary schools	64.0%	706		33.3	36.4		0.0	50.0		36.6	51.7	62.3				30.6	41.4	59.7				$10,953
Guerrero Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7530 Lakehurst Rd	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 231-2680	342	31	11.1	80.4%	22 (6.4%)	1 (0.3%)	308 (90.1%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	53.8	1923^rd of 4627 public elementary schools	58.4%		62.6	1460^th of 4651 public elementary schools	68.6%	463	50.0			16.7				51.7	62.5	51.4				41.4	45.0	51.4				$13,765
Howard Burnham Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	7310 Bishop Flores Dr	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	Burnham Wood Charter School District	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 584-9499	388	22	17.8	58.0%	21 (5.4%)	2 (0.5%)	357 (92.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	53.2	1951^st of 4627 public elementary schools	57.8%		47	2320^th of 4651 public elementary schools	50.1%	369	28.6	40.0	15.4	21.4	5.0	37.5		65.4	58.6	44.1	44.7			46.2	55.2	52.8	43.4			$9,883
Congressman Silvestre & Carolina School	Public	PK, KG-5	7965 Artcraft	El Paso	79835	El Paso County	Canutillo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(915) 877-7401	577	33	17.4	33.1%	64 (11.1%)	15 (2.6%)	471 (81.6%)	11 (1.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.4%)	83.3	647^th of 4627 public elementary schools	86.0%		86.7	504^th of 4651 public elementary schools	89.2%	143								64.1	74.2	74.0				43.6	87.6	67.4				$8,828
Jose H Damian Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6300 Strahan	Canutillo	79835	El Paso County	Canutillo Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 877-6800	473	34	13.9	68.5%	19 (4.0%)	2 (0.4%)	443 (93.7%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	45.5	2362^nd of 4627 public elementary schools	49.0%		58.1	1667^th of 4651 public elementary schools	64.2%	695	23.1		22.2	16.7		33.3		42.0	53.4	62.3				31.4	32.9	55.0				$10,532
Zach White Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4256 Roxbury Dr	El Paso	79922	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 584-1141	395	32	12.4	52.9%	58 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	327 (82.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.0%)	64.2	1391^st of 4627 public elementary schools	69.9%		60.8	1535^th of 4651 public elementary schools	67.0%	144		16.7			0.0			52.9	60.3	73.1				49.0	52.4	44.2				$13,358
Kohlberg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1445 Nardo Goodman	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 236-2850	418	37	11.2	62.7%	33 (7.9%)	2 (0.5%)	369 (88.3%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	80.1	758^th of 4627 public elementary schools	83.6%		63.8	1397^th of 4651 public elementary schools	70.0%	639			20.0					73.2	62.5	72.6				61.4	45.8	71.4				$11,436
Polk Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	940 Belvidere St	El Paso	79912	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 236-2775	649	41	15.7	43.9%	78 (12.0%)	10 (1.5%)	530 (81.7%)	20 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)	87.7	464^th of 4627 public elementary schools	90.0%		86.9	495^th of 4651 public elementary schools	89.4%	31	40.0	53.9	45.5	33.3	18.2	33.3		73.7	69.7	83.8				56.8	59.3	81.3				$9,335

Frequently Asked Questions about Don Haskins Pk-8

What schools do graduates of Don Haskins Pk-8 attend?

Students who attend Don Haskins Pk-8 usually go on to attend:

High : Franklin High School

How many students attend Don Haskins Pk-8?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,405 students attended Don Haskins Pk-8.

What district is Don Haskins Pk-8 in?

El Paso Independent School District (Isd)

Is Don Haskins Pk-8 a good school?

Don Haskins Pk-8 ranks 2831^st of 4627 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Don Haskins Pk-8?

Students at Don Haskins Pk-8 are 87% Hispanic, 10% White, 1% Two or more races.

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