ARDEN ROAD EL

ARDEN ROAD EL is an elementary campus of low-enrollment scale in AMARILLO, Texas, run under CANYON ISD, hosting 403 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 22% below typical.

CANYON ISD runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 11,565 students. ARDEN ROAD EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, ARDEN ROAD EL records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Randall County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ARDEN ROAD EL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 27% of students at ARDEN ROAD EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Randall County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ARDEN ROAD EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.3%.

Around the school, census data for Randall County shows median household income runs about $83,864, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Randall County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,668 students), ARDEN ROAD EL is one campus in the mix.

WEST PLAINS J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ARDEN ROAD EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 476 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.