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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000144
Avondale Elementary School
1500 AVONDALE, AMARILLO, TX 79106 · (806) 326-4000 · Potter County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
386 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 28 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
49.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 55.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Avondale Elementary School
Avondale Elementary School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale Elementary School this school | 475 | 81.3% | 45.0% |
| Pittsburg Primary School PITTSBURG | 426 | 81.0% | N/A |
| Central Athens ATHENS | 568 | 78.5% | 40.0% |
| Bonham Elementary School ABILENE | 481 | 77.8% | 34.1% |
| Southside Elementary School PALESTINE | 442 | 81.7% | 42.0% |
| Pine Tree Primary School LONGVIEW | 498 | 79.7% | N/A |
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 Avondale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Potter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,966 of 4,401 | #12 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,827 of 4,466 ▼ 491 | #12 of 27 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,590 of 4,466 ▲ 722 | #9 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,311 of 3,998 | #9 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #2,767 of 4,938 | #6 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,522 of 4,622 | #19 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #772 of 4,628 | #5 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #1,850 of 4,789 | #19 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #2,231 of 2,838 | #22 of 26 |
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
475
-63 (-12%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 475 | 31.5 | 15.1:1 | 81% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 32.9 | 14.9:1 | 79% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 34.8 | 15.7:1 | 80% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 77% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 34.2 | 15.0:1 | 76% (392) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 76% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 67% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 44% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 516 | 24 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avondale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (515 to 475); teachers down 8% (34.2 to 31.5).
About Avondale Elementary School
Avondale Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, with an address in AMARILLO. It educates 475 students in pre-K through 5.
AMARILLO ISD (55 schools, 29,321 students) runs Avondale Elementary School.
Avondale Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 42%. Smaller groups are 35% White, 16% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 39% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Avondale Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
At Avondale Elementary School, 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.1:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. Roughly 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Avondale Elementary School is 6.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 45.0%. Predicted: 39.0%.
Avondale Elementary School is located in Potter County, where median household income is about $53,249, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 49 public schools in Potter County, with a combined enrollment of about 21,501.
The closest public school, Tascosa High School, is about 0.8 miles from Avondale Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.7%; Avondale Elementary School's is 45.0%, ranking 5th of 7.
Federal data place Avondale Elementary School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 475, 12% below the 538 of 2020-21.
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Potter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,975
Census ACS
Median income
$53,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
21,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AMARILLO ISD
- 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
- Bonham Middle SchoolMiddle · 892 students
- Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 823 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
Other Avondale Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Avondale Elementary. Avondale Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Avondale Elementary SchoolAvondale Estates, GA · 521 students
- Avondale Elementary SchoolBirmingham, AL · 339 students
- Avondale ElementarySpring Valley, CA · 291 students
- Avondale Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 270 students
- Avondale Elementary SchoolCanton, OH · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Tascosa High School0.8 mi · 2,176
- Amtech Career Academy0.8 mi · 22
- Olsen Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 387
- Houston Middle School0.9 mi · 556
- Wills Elementary School1.0 mi · 458
- Crockett Middle School1.4 mi · 823
Frequently asked questions
About Avondale Elementary SchoolHow large is Avondale Elementary School?
Avondale Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-05.
Is Avondale Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Avondale Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Avondale Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Avondale Elementary School.
How diverse is Avondale Elementary School?
Avondale Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 42% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Avondale Elementary School in?
Avondale Elementary School is part of AMARILLO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.