Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000163
Lawndale Elementary School
2215 S BIVINS, AMARILLO, TX 79103 · (806) 326-4700 · Potter County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
306 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 55 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
42%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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 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 up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 30.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Lawndale Elementary School
Lawndale Elementary School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawndale Elementary School this school | 352 | 86.9% | 33.8% |
| Burnet Elementary School ODESSA | 325 | 84.9% | 19.8% |
| Oak Dale Elementary School AMARILLO | 314 | 86.0% | 45.3% |
| Littlefield Primary School LITTLEFIELD | 329 | 83.0% | N/A |
| Jefferson Ave Elementary School SEGUIN | 409 | 88.5% | 21.9% |
| Woodroe Petty Elementary School TAFT | 390 | 89.0% | 21.8% |
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 Lawndale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Potter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #3,282 of 4,401 | #22 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,810 of 4,466 ▲ 522 | #17 of 27 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,348 of 4,466 ▼ 368 | #12 of 27 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #689 of 3,998 | #10 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #3,857 of 4,938 | #16 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,069 of 4,622 | #14 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #2,972 of 4,628 | #21 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #1,393 of 4,789 | #15 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #2,080 of 2,838 | #20 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
352
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 352 | 24.2 | 14.6:1 | 87% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 23.8 | 15.2:1 | 91% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 25.6 | 13.8:1 | 90% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 84% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 23.1 | 16.8:1 | 84% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 369 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 83% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 80% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 68% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 25 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawndale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (388 to 352); teachers up 5% (23.1 to 24.2).
About Lawndale Elementary School
Lawndale Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in AMARILLO, Texas. The school reports 352 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 32% smaller than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
AMARILLO ISD has 29,321 students spread across 55 schools.
At 74%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Lawndale Elementary School combined. The remaining students are 20% White and 4% Black. Among people living in Potter County, the Hispanic share is about 39%. By the diversity index, Lawndale Elementary School comes in at 42%.
Its teaching staff equals 24.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 87%. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Potter County.
The model predicts 36.6% for a school in Texas with Lawndale Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lawndale Elementary School posts 33.8%.
Census estimates describe Potter County this way: median household income is about $53,249, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Potter County number 49 and enroll about 21,501.
The school nearest to Lawndale Elementary School is Caprock High School, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Lawndale Elementary School places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 349 to 352, a small change. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.9:1 to 14.6:1.
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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
Other Lawndale Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lawndale Elementary. Lawndale Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lawndale Elementary SchoolTupelo, MS · 378 students
Nearby schools
- Caprock High School0.5 mi · 2,058
- Bowie 6th Grade Campus0.7 mi · 326
- Bowie Middle School0.8 mi · 721
- Glenwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 455
- Oak Dale Elementary School0.9 mi · 314
- Humphrey's Highland Elementary School1.1 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Lawndale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lawndale Elementary School?
Lawndale Elementary School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lawndale Elementary School serve?
Lawndale Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lawndale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lawndale Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lawndale Elementary School?
At Lawndale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 74% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Lawndale Elementary School public or private?
Lawndale Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by AMARILLO ISD.
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