HOUSTON MIDDLE

HOUSTON MIDDLE is an intermediate school of medium-sized scale in AMARILLO, Texas, operated by AMARILLO ISD, enrolling 556 students in grades 6 through 8.

HOUSTON MIDDLE is one of 55 schools operated by AMARILLO ISD, a district that teaches 29,321 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HOUSTON MIDDLE records that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 24% White, 20% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Potter County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HOUSTON MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.2%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of -0.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Potter County) logs that median household earnings sit near $53,249, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. HOUSTON MIDDLE is one of 49 public schools in Potter County (combined enrollment of about 21,501 students).

The closest other public school is WILLS EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HOUSTON MIDDLE comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.

HOUSTON MIDDLE operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 27%: 765 students in 2018 compared to 556 in 2025.

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