Ysleta High School is a high school in the

Ysleta Independent School District Ysleta Independent School District is a school district based in El Paso, Texas ( USA). Ysleta ISD is the third largest school district in the city of El Paso. All of the district area covers sections of El Paso. The Ysleta Independent School ...

Ysleta Ysleta is a community in El Paso, Texas, United States. Ysleta was settled between October 9 and October 12, 1680, when Spanish conquistadors, Franciscan clerics and Tigua Indians took refuge along the southern bank of the Rio Grande. These pe ...

El Paso, Texas El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau w ...

. It is located on 8600 Alameda and is the second oldest school in the El Paso, TX area.

Notable alumni

* Jay J. Armes, private investigator and actor known for his prosthetic hands and a line of children's action figures based on his image. Armes graduated Ysleta High School at the age of fifteen. * Christopher Wilson (Music Producer/DJ), also known as

Riot Ten Christopher Wilson (born October 27, 1992), better known by his stage name Riot Ten, is an American DJ and producer based in El Paso, Texas. He is best known for his dubstep and hardtrap production and is currently signed to Steve Aoki's Dim Mak ...

. Christopher is a dubstep/house music producer and DJ. Signed under Dim Mak Records. He played running back for the Ysleta Football Team. * Jim Price, former NFL linebacker for the New York Jets and the

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. *

Jesse Whittenton Urshell James "Jesse" Whittenton (May 9, 1934 – May 21, 2012) was an American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of ...

, former NFL defensive back for the Los Angeles Rams and the Green Bay Packers. *

Julio Gallardo Julio Gallardo (June 26, 1958February 9, 2011) was a Mexican-American basketball player. He represented Mexico at the 1983 Pan American Games, held at Caracas, Venezuela. Early life Gallardo was born in El Paso, Texas to Mexican parents. Profes ...

(1958-2011), professional basketball player with the BSN's Indios de Mayaguez in

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and various Mexican professional teams, and of the Mexican National Basketball team. * George Rivas, 1988 graduate. Leader of the

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and murderer who was executed by the State of Texas in 2012. Rivas and his gang were the subject of a nationwide manhunt in 2000-2001 after they escaped prison and murdered a police officer on Christmas Eve while robbing a gun store. Prior to the escape, Rivas had been serving 18 life sentences for a string of armed robberies that culminated in a three-hour hostage crisis at a Toys R Us during which he used eight employees as human shields.

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* High schools in El Paso, Texas Ysleta Independent School District high schools 1927 establishments in Texas {{Texas-high-school-stub