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Northwest Early College High School (Nwechs), El Paso, TX

CEP schoolNorthwest Early College High School (Nwechs) is a public high school in El Paso, part of Canutillo ISD. It enrolled 373 students in 2024-25, with 17.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "NORTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S (NWECHS)".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
373
Teachers (FTE)
22.0
Students per teacher
17.0
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 2.7 higher than the district figure of 14.3. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.0
District14.3
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
6701 S Desert Blvd Building N, El Paso, TX 79932
Phone
(915)877-1700
District
Canutillo ISD
County
El Paso County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
481278011864
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
174
Reduced-price lunch
37
Free or reduced-price lunch
21156.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Canutillo ISD

High schools elsewhere in El Paso

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.