Tom Lea is committed to fostering a love for learning and achieving academic excellence in a safe learning environment.

In partnership with our diverse school community, we believe in developing well-rounded students by providing high-quality, authentic learning experiences that cultivate critical thinkers and problem solvers.

Learn more about our Improvement Plan, as well as our 2023 Federal Report Card below.

*All EPISD CIP Plans can be found here.

School Starts at 8:00 a.m and ends at 3:25 p.m.

• 8:00 a.m. - Breakfast in the Classroom

• 8:15 a.m.-3:25 p.m. - Instruction Time

• 3:25 p.m. - Dismissal

Grades:
Pre-K through 5th Grade 

Mascot:
Brave Bull

School Colors:
Red, Black, and White

Social Media:
Facebook: TomLea.bravebulls
Twitter: @TomLeaES
Instagram: @tomleaelementary

Tom Lea Elementary was named after a local artist, Tom Lea. Tom Lea was born on July 11, 1907 to Tom and Zola Utt Lea.  He attended Lamar Elementary School and graduated from El Paso High School in 1924.  He then attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1924-1926.  Lea later traveled abroad, studying various artists and their works, throughout Europe.  From 1941-1946, he was hired by Life Magazine as a War-Artist Correspondent assigned to document events during World War II.  Upon completing this assignment, Lea returned home to paint, what he considered his best work, Sarah in the Summertime which was a portrait of his second wife and life partner, Sarah Lea.  Tom Lea then traveled to Mexico to portray the history of beef cattle where he became very interested in bulls and bullfighting.  This newfound interest prompted him to write his first novel titled The Brave Bulls(1948) which became a bestselling book as well as a popular movie.  Although many of Tom Lea’s works are displayed throughout the city of El Paso including the mural titled Southwest in the El Paso Public Library, the Pass of the North mural which is found in the El Paso, Federal Building, and the Tom Lea collection which is located at the El Paso Museum of Art, his works transcend the El Paso area including the Rio Grande painting which hung in the oval office during George W. Bush’s presidency.   

-Tom Lea Institute. “(n.d.)”.  Retrieved  December 11, 2012, from tomlea.net.

Address:
4851 Marcus Uribe Dr.
El Paso, TX  79934

Main Number:
(915) 230-5450

Fax Number: 
(915) 821-3665