BUSHLAND J H

BUSHLAND J H is a cozy junior high in AMARILLO, Texas, one of the schools within BUSHLAND ISD. The school works with 350 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 46% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 4 schools in BUSHLAND ISD (1,434 students total), BUSHLAND J H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BUSHLAND J H records that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Potter County's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BUSHLAND J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.5%; this one delivers 57.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Potter County indicate median household earnings sit near $53,249, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Potter County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,501 students), of which BUSHLAND J H is one.

Nearest neighbor: BUSHLAND H S, around 0.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BUSHLAND J H ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BUSHLAND J H has shrank 25%, going from 468 students in 2018 to 350 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 76% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for BUSHLAND J H typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.