FOREST HILL EL

FOREST HILL EL operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in AMARILLO, Texas, operated by AMARILLO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 484 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

AMARILLO ISD runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 29,321 students. FOREST HILL EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, FOREST HILL EL records that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 8% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Potter County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FOREST HILL EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Potter County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FOREST HILL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.6%, the actual is 43.1%, a residual of +10.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Potter County) records that median household income runs about $53,249, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Potter County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,501 students), of which FOREST HILL EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WHITTIER EL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FOREST HILL EL. On composite proficiency, FOREST HILL EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 592 students in 2018 compared to 484 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 15% to 8%.

On this page, members of the FOREST HILL EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.