GLENWOOD EL

GLENWOOD EL, a moderately sized K-5 school in AMARILLO, Texas, run under AMARILLO ISD, educates 455 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, GLENWOOD EL reports that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 8% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 39% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, GLENWOOD EL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 91% of students at GLENWOOD EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Potter County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, GLENWOOD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 47.0%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Potter County indicate the typical household earns roughly $53,249 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 GLENWOOD EL is one.

LAWNDALE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GLENWOOD EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GLENWOOD EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. GLENWOOD EL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 450 (now 455).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.