HUMPHREY'S HIGHLAND EL

HUMPHREY'S HIGHLAND EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in AMARILLO, Texas, run under AMARILLO ISD. The school works with 567 students in grades pre-K through 5.

HUMPHREY'S HIGHLAND EL is one of 55 schools operated by AMARILLO ISD, a district that instructs 29,321 students overall.

In terms of who attends, HUMPHREY'S HIGHLAND EL shows that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 9% White. By comparison, Potter County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, HUMPHREY'S HIGHLAND EL logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 89% of students at HUMPHREY'S HIGHLAND 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 somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HUMPHREY'S HIGHLAND EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 41.7%, a residual of +6.6 points.

In the broader community, Potter County reports that median household earnings sit near $53,249, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Potter County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,501 students), of which HUMPHREY'S HIGHLAND EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BOWIE 6TH GRADE CAMPUS, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HUMPHREY'S HIGHLAND EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

HUMPHREY'S HIGHLAND EL operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 572 students in 2018 compared to 567 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 83% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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