HAMLET EL

Located at 705 SYCAMORE, in AMARILLO, Texas, HAMLET EL is a low-enrollment elementary campus that caters to 280 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under AMARILLO ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 46% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

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

On demographics, HAMLET EL lists that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 11% White, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Potter County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, HAMLET EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 31.1%; actual is 12.5%, a gap of -18.6 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Potter County put 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. HAMLET EL is one of 49 public schools in Potter County (combined enrollment of about 21,501 students).

PLEASANT VALLEY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HAMLET EL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 329 students in 2018 compared to 280 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 1% to 9%. Class-load math has grew: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.