Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000166
Mesa Verde Elementary School
4011 BEAVER, AMARILLO, TX 79107 · (806) 326-4800 · Potter County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
329 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 | 53 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
74%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp 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 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 21.0% | 30.0% | 36.0% |
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% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Mesa Verde Elementary School
Mesa Verde Elementary School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Verde Elementary School this school | 337 | 97.6% | 36.3% |
| Marine Creek Leadership Academy FORT WORTH | 347 | 91.4% | 18.3% |
| Anderson Elementary School LUFKIN | 246 | 89.0% | 39.4% |
| Burgess Elementary School WICHITA FALLS | 345 | 87.5% | 25.6% |
| Booker T Washington Elementary School WICHITA FALLS | 377 | 95.8% | 15.2% |
| Cheatham Elementary School CLARKSVILLE | 258 | 95.7% | 16.9% |
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 Mesa Verde Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Potter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #3,029 of 4,401 | #21 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,512 of 4,466 ▼ 1,098 | #23 of 27 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #3,427 of 4,466 ▼ 541 | #22 of 27 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,113 of 3,998 | #15 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #3,962 of 4,938 | #18 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #256 of 4,622 | #1 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #159 of 4,628 | #2 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #224 of 4,789 | #2 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.3% | #294 of 2,838 | #7 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
337
-98 (-23%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 308
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 337 | 28.9 | 11.7:1 | 98% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 28.5 | 13.4:1 | 97% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 30.1 | 13.1:1 | 96% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 92% (401) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 35.6 | 14.6:1 | 96% (501) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 94% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 95% (470) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 83% (265) |
| 1990-91 | 308 | 22 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mesa Verde Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (521 to 337); teachers down 19% (35.6 to 28.9).
About Mesa Verde Elementary School
Mesa Verde Elementary School is a public small elementary school in AMARILLO, Texas. It reports enrollment of 337 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 35% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
AMARILLO ISD has 55 schools; together they serve 29,321 students.
The student body at Mesa Verde Elementary School has no majority group. Black students lead at 36%. The remaining shares are 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Potter County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 11.7 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 3.4 students per teacher. Roughly 98% of students at Mesa Verde Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Potter County is 74%.
Mesa Verde Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.3% and a predicted 32.0%.
For Potter County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $53,249, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county has 49 public schools and about 21,501 students.
Whittier Elementary School sits about 0.8 miles from Mesa Verde Elementary School. Mesa Verde Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On average proficiency, Mesa Verde Elementary School is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment fell 23% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.7:1.
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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 Mesa Verde Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Mesa Verde Elementary. Mesa Verde Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Mesa Verde ElementaryOakdale, CA · 529 students
- MESA VERDE ELEMENTARYFARMINGTON, NM · 445 students
- Mesa Verde Elementary SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 289 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier Elementary School0.8 mi · 440
- Travis 6th Grade Campus0.8 mi · 275
- Travis Middle School0.9 mi · 571
- Forest Hill Elementary School1.3 mi · 484
- Eastridge Elementary School1.6 mi · 504
- Rogers Elementary School1.8 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Mesa Verde Elementary SchoolHow large is Mesa Verde Elementary School?
Mesa Verde Elementary School enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mesa Verde Elementary School serve?
Mesa Verde Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mesa Verde Elementary School have?
Mesa Verde Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is Mesa Verde Elementary School?
Mesa Verde Elementary School reports a student body of 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 36% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mesa Verde Elementary School?
Mesa Verde Elementary School is overseen by AMARILLO ISD in Potter County.
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