Schools · Amarillo
Amarillo, TX schools
Kids attend one of 36 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 36 elementary schools, one of 9 middle schools and one of 5 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Amarillo’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Amarillo’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 53% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B+Test scoresDGraduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 53%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (741)Better than 52%
High confidence. Built on 15,933 tested students and a graduating class of 2,129; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Amarillo kids go to school
Grades PK–5
36 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Amarillo Independent School DistrictGrades 5
36 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Amarillo Independent School DistrictGrades 6–8
9 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Amarillo Independent School DistrictGrades 9–12
5 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Amarillo Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Amarillo Independent)44%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
2,129
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #499 of 584 TX towns →
Districts
The district serving Amarillo
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 83 schools in Amarillo
Showing 1–30 of 83 schools
City View ElElementary · Grades PK–4 · 698 students
BPublicTradewind ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 658 students
B+PublicHumphrey's Highland ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 567 students
B+PublicSleepy Hollow ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 519 students
A+PublicEastridge ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 504 students
C+PublicEmerson ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 500 students
APublicRogers ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 490 students
B-PublicForest Hill ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 484 students
B+PublicAvondale ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 475 students
B+PublicWills ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 458 students
B+PublicGlenwood ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 455 students
A-PublicWoodlands ElElementary · Grades PK–4 · 450 students
APublicHeritage Hills ElElementary · Grades PK–4 · 445 students
PublicWhittier ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 440 students
B+PublicCoronado ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 435 students
B-PublicWindsor ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 430 students
APublicBivins ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 415 students
B+PublicSanborn ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 404 students
C-PublicArden Road ElElementary · Grades PK–4 · 403 students
APublicWestern Plateau ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 400 students
A-PublicSouth Georgia ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 399 students
B+PublicOlsen Park ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 387 students
B+PublicBelmar ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 385 students
APublicSan Jacinto ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 366 students
CPublicGene Howe ElElementary · Grades PK–4 · 363 students
B+PublicHillside ElElementary · Grades PK–4 · 362 students
APublicRidgecrest ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 362 students
B+PublicLawndale ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 352 students
B-PublicSundown Lane ElElementary · Grades PK–4 · 344 students
A-PublicHighland Park ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 342 students
BPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.