Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000158
Hamlet Elementary School
705 SYCAMORE, AMARILLO, TX 79107 · (806) 326-4500 · Potter County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
274 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
65%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
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 30.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 27.0% | 29.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 16.0% | 13.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 15.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hamlet Elementary School
Hamlet Elementary School's state test result (16.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamlet Elementary School this school | 280 | 97.9% | 16.7% |
| Hale Elementary School ARLINGTON | 294 | 91.8% | 32.3% |
| M B North E C Lrn Center ORANGE | 308 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Marshall Ech Center MARSHALL | 276 | 97.5% | N/A |
| Maudrie Walton Elementary School FORT WORTH | 271 | 94.8% | 28.1% |
| Emeline Carpenter Elementary School NACOGDOCHES | 359 | 92.2% | 16.6% |
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 Hamlet Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Potter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #4,336 of 4,401 | #27 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,585 of 4,466 ▲ 1,721 | #14 of 27 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,710 of 4,466 ▲ 1,523 | #14 of 27 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +30.5pp | #138 of 3,998 | #3 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #4,306 of 4,938 | #25 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #630 of 4,622 | #3 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #1,007 of 4,628 | #8 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #203 of 4,789 | #1 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #1,597 of 2,838 | #16 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
280
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 280 | 22.1 | 12.7:1 | 98% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 22.9 | 12.7:1 | 92% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 91% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 277 | 28 | 9.9:1 | 93% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 29.6 | 11.1:1 | 98% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 28 | 12.6:1 | 97% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 93% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 25 | 13.5:1 | 91% (308) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 23 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamlet Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (329 to 280); teachers down 25% (29.6 to 22.1).
About Hamlet Elementary School
Hamlet Elementary School is a small elementary school in AMARILLO, Texas, under AMARILLO ISD. The school serves 280 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 46% smaller than that.
Hamlet Elementary School sits within AMARILLO ISD, which has 55 schools and 29,321 students.
By race and ethnicity, Hamlet Elementary School is 54% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 11% White, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In Potter County overall, about 11% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Hamlet Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
The school reported 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 98%. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Potter County, the school's rate is higher.
Hamlet Elementary School is 15.2 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Texas.
County data help place the school in context: in Potter County, median household income is about $53,249, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The public schools of Potter County number 49 and enroll about 21,501.
The school nearest to Hamlet Elementary School is Pleasant Valley Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Hamlet Elementary School ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 277 to 280, a small change. The ratio was 9.9:1 in 2020-21 and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Valley Elementary School0.9 mi · 195
- Palo Duro High School1.0 mi · 1,949
- Park Hills Elementary School1.0 mi · 174
- Travis 6th Grade Campus1.2 mi · 275
- Travis Middle School1.3 mi · 571
- Rogers Elementary School1.3 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Hamlet Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hamlet Elementary School?
Hamlet Elementary School enrolls approximately 280 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hamlet Elementary School serve?
Hamlet Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hamlet Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Hamlet Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hamlet Elementary School?
At Hamlet Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 21% Hispanic, 54% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Hamlet Elementary School in?
Hamlet Elementary School is part of AMARILLO ISD.
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