HIGHLAND PARK EL

Set in AMARILLO, Texas, HIGHLAND PARK EL is a modestly sized elementary school, overseen by HIGHLAND PARK ISD. It serves 342 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within HIGHLAND PARK ISD, which oversees 11 schools and 7,099 students, HIGHLAND PARK EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, HIGHLAND PARK EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 39% White, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Potter County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIGHLAND PARK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.9%; this one delivers 43.7%.

In the broader community, Potter County reports that median household income runs about $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 HIGHLAND PARK EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HIGHLAND PARK H S, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HIGHLAND PARK EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGHLAND PARK EL has decreased 25%, going from 453 students in 2018 to 342 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 44% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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