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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the ARDEN ROAD EL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANYON ISD·NCES 481281006372
Arden Road Elementary School
6801 LEARNING TREE AVE, AMARILLO, TX 79109 · (806) 677-2360 · Randall County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
108 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 24% smaller than its 4th grade class (89).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
75.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +75.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 75 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 42.0% | 33.0% | 15.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 37.0% | 33.0% | 16.0% | 14.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 75.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 80.0% |
| 2020-21 | 0.0% | 60.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arden Road Elementary School
Arden Road Elementary School's state test result (61.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arden Road Elementary School this school | 403 | 26.8% | 61.9% |
| Wylie East Intermediate School ABILENE | 384 | 23.7% | 59.4% |
| Shiner Elementary School SHINER | 410 | 28.5% | 69.0% |
| Gunter Elementary School GUNTER | 413 | 23.7% | 52.0% |
| Wilemon Steam Academy WAXAHACHIE | 437 | 22.2% | 51.8% |
| Cannon Elementary School GRAPEVINE | 465 | 29.7% | 59.7% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arden Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Randall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #661 of 4,401 | #7 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #403 of 4,466 ▲ 645 | #2 of 22 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #463 of 4,466 ▲ 851 | #2 of 22 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #1,645 of 3,998 | #8 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #3,452 of 4,938 | #10 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,107 of 4,622 | #17 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #2,144 of 4,628 | #15 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #4,291 of 4,789 | #21 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #1,575 of 2,838 | #8 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
403
-85 (-17%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 403 | 25.6 | 15.8:1 | 27% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 36% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 36% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 23% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 28.1 | 17.0:1 | 24% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 22% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 18% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 30 | 19.4:1 | 10% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 21 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arden Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (476 to 403); teachers down 9% (28.1 to 25.6).
About Arden Road Elementary School
Arden Road Elementary School is an elementary school located in AMARILLO, Texas, in Randall County. The school enrolls 403 students, from pre-K through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 22% smaller than that.
Arden Road Elementary School sits within CANYON ISD, which has 21 schools and 11,565 students.
Arden Road Elementary School's enrollment is 62% White. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among people living in Randall County, the White share is about 74%. Arden Road Elementary School has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Arden Road Elementary School is 25.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.8:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. The school counts 108 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 27%. For comparison, public schools in Randall County average 44%.
allk12 grades Arden Road Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Arden Road Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (61.9% versus 62.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Randall County has about 146,070 residents, and median household income is about $83,864, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Randall County number 43 and enroll about 23,668.
West Plains Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 61.9% is above the 55.9% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Arden Road Elementary School's location as City: Mid-size.
Federal counts put enrollment at 488 in 2020-21 and 403 in 2024-25, a 17% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.8:1 to 15.8:1.
Discussions about Arden Road Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Randall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,070
Census ACS
Median income
$83,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
23,668 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CANYON ISD
- West Plains High SchoolHigh · 1,221 students
- Randall High SchoolHigh · 1,126 students
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 1,097 students
- City View Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Reeves-Hinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
- West Plains Junior High SchoolMiddle · 630 students
Other schools in AMARILLO
- Tascosa High SchoolHigh · 2,176 students
- Amarillo High SchoolHigh · 2,161 students
- Caprock High SchoolHigh · 2,058 students
- Palo Duro High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
- West Plains High SchoolHigh · 1,221 students
- Randall High SchoolHigh · 1,126 students
Nearby schools
- West Plains Junior High School0.4 mi · 630
- Windsor Elementary School0.9 mi · 430
- Gene Howe Elementary School1.3 mi · 363
- Randall High School1.4 mi · 1,126
- Greenways Intermediate School1.4 mi · 629
- Randall Junior High School1.5 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Arden Road Elementary SchoolHow large is Arden Road Elementary School?
Arden Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades PK-04.
Is Arden Road Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arden Road Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arden Road Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arden Road Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Arden Road Elementary School?
Arden Road Elementary School reports a student body of 62% White, 30% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Arden Road Elementary School public or private?
Arden Road Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CANYON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.