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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000160
Humphrey's Highland Elementary School
3900 E 13TH, AMARILLO, TX 79104 · (806) 326-4550 · Potter County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
504 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 76 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
21%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
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 23.0% | 30.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Humphrey's Highland Elementary School
Humphrey's Highland Elementary School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humphrey's Highland Elementary School this school | 567 | 88.9% | 38.4% |
| Uvalde El at Flores Campus UVALDE | 592 | 89.4% | 20.4% |
| Fadden-McKeown-Chambliss Elementary School BEEVILLE | 574 | 86.8% | 37.5% |
| Mendez Elementary School SAN MARCOS | 533 | 88.2% | 37.5% |
| Long Elementary School MIDLAND | 575 | 89.2% | 32.6% |
| Dezavala Elementary School SAN MARCOS | 584 | 87.7% | 28.6% |
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 Humphrey's Highland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Potter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #2,787 of 4,401 | #18 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,809 of 4,466 ▲ 297 | #16 of 27 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #3,426 of 4,466 ▲ 44 | #21 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #387 of 3,998 | #7 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #1,883 of 4,938 | #1 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #3,044 of 4,622 | #24 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #3,720 of 4,628 | #26 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #1,190 of 4,789 | #14 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #2,785 of 2,838 | #26 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
567
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
+101% since 1990-91, when it was 282
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 567 | 36.2 | 15.7:1 | 89% (504) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 36.2 | 14.9:1 | 91% (492) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 35.7 | 14.3:1 | 90% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 91% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 39.2 | 14.6:1 | 92% (524) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 93% (547) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 93% (566) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 92% (427) |
| 1990-91 | 282 | 18 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Humphrey's Highland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (572 to 567); teachers down 8% (39.2 to 36.2).
About Humphrey's Highland Elementary School
Humphrey's Highland Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in AMARILLO, Texas. There are 567 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
In AMARILLO ISD, 55 schools enroll a combined 29,321 students.
Of every 100 students at Humphrey's Highland Elementary School, about 88 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 9% White. Census figures show Potter County is about 39% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Humphrey's Highland Elementary School, there are about 15.7 students; the school has 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. There are 504 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 89% of enrollment. Among public schools in Potter County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Humphrey's Highland Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.7% for Humphrey's Highland Elementary School. The school posts 38.4%, 2.7 points above the prediction.
Potter County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $53,249 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Potter County number 49, with about 21,501 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Bowie 6th Grade Campus, is about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Humphrey's Highland Elementary School is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 567, close to the 559 recorded in 2020-21.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Bowie 6th Grade Campus0.7 mi · 326
- Bowie Middle School0.7 mi · 721
- Sunrise Elementary School0.8 mi · 196
- Oak Dale Elementary School0.9 mi · 314
- Lawndale Elementary School1.1 mi · 352
- Caprock High School1.3 mi · 2,058
Frequently asked questions
About Humphrey's Highland Elementary SchoolHow large is Humphrey's Highland Elementary School?
Humphrey's Highland Elementary School enrolls approximately 567 students in grades PK-05.
Is Humphrey's Highland Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Humphrey's Highland Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Humphrey's Highland Elementary School have?
Humphrey's Highland Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Humphrey's Highland Elementary School?
Student demographics at Humphrey's Highland Elementary School are roughly 9% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Humphrey's Highland Elementary School in?
Humphrey's Highland Elementary School is part of AMARILLO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.