Canutillo ISD - Alderete Middle School

Canutillo Independent School District is constructing a new two-story academic facility at 1634 Resler Drive in Northwest El Paso. The project, identified as Alderete Middle School in TDLR filings, comprises a total of 179,537 square feet of new construction. The scope includes a dedicated field house of 1,199 square feet, along with one football field, one baseball field, and one softball field.

The estimated cost for this development is $76,000,000, resulting in a computed cost of $423 per square foot. This figure is above the El Paso County median of $111 per square foot for comparable new construction filings. The scheduled build window of 577 days is longer than the county median of 214 days, reflecting the scale of the infrastructure being delivered.

Design and Registration

Root Architects is the design firm of record for this project. Julie Ericson Gereda serves as the registered accessibility specialist. The project was registered with TDLR in September 2025, with construction start scheduled for December 2025. The filing indicates that plan review is pending, and the project is targeted for July 2027.

Canutillo ISD is the owner of record. The district has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $165,682,611, including Canutillo High School and Northwest Early College High School. Root Architects has six other registered projects totaling $9,569,410, with several located in El Paso. This project involves public funds and public land, consistent with its status as a Federally funded roadway project or public infrastructure.

Local context indicates that the El Paso Times reported Alderete Middle School made an education honor roll, while ZipDataMaps provides an attendance zone profile for the school. The ZIP code 79911 has a population of about 9,107 and a median household income of $108,525, according to U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates. El Paso County unemployment was 4.9 percent in June 2026, higher than a year earlier.