EPISD to Lose 64 Students Attending Closing Schools

The El Paso Independent School District expects to lose several dozen students currently attending the six elementary schools set to close by the end of the school year.

Sixty-four, or about 6%, of the 1,132 students attending Carlos Rivera, Lamar, Newman, Putnam, Rusk, and Zavala elementary schools will be attending school in a different district next school year, according to priority registration data presented to the EPISD school board Tuesday.

About 47% (30) of those students say they are leaving the district because they are moving outside of EPISD’s boundaries, 23% (15) said they are moving outside of the city and 20% (13) said they are transferring to a charter school.

The district also plans to close Stanton and Travis elementary schools in the 2026-27 school year.

EPISD currently has over 48,000 students.

Priority registration for students being affected by the first round of school closures started in January and ended March 31.

Registration for all other students began April 1.

The district also expects to lose 28 (10%) of the 273 employees who currently work at schools set to close next school year. This includes teachers, clerical staff and food service workers.

Nineteen of the employees leaving the district resigned and the remaining 14 retired.

EPISD offered a $1,500 incentive for employees working in those schools who were already planning to retire to submit an early notification.