OPTIONS H S

EL PASO · TX · SOCORRO ISD · Public

Public 🏛 SOCORRO ISD →

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KEYS ACAD → HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) → DEL VALLE H S → AMERICAS H S → MISSION EARLY COLLEGE H S → EASTLAKE H S → EL PASO CLASSICAL ACADEMY → SOCORRO H S →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
✅ Gifted & talented program

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 43% by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How OPTIONS H S compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: KEYS ACAD, HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO), DEL VALLE H S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 43% by test-taker volume

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

36.8

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Compared against

18,426

US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

25.4%

Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

0.0%

Strong attendance culture among teachers.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

80.1%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

7.4%

Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.

Students absent 15+ days

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

136:1

Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.

Counselor FTE

1.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +23.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 136 students:

2025

168

2027

257

2029

393

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
KEYS ACAD EL PASO	Public	0.0	45	—
HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) EL PASO	Public · charter	1.5	550	+6.8%
DEL VALLE H S EL PASO	Public	1.6	1,798	-11.3%
AMERICAS H S EL PASO	Public	1.6	2,049	-16.6%
MISSION EARLY COLLEGE H S EL PASO	Public	1.9	410	-11.6%
EASTLAKE H S EL PASO	Public	2.2	3,004	+12.0%
EL PASO CLASSICAL ACADEMY EL PASO	Public · charter	2.3	70	+11.1%
SOCORRO H S EL PASO	Public	3.5	2,579	+4.0%