Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000168
Oak Dale Elementary School
2711 S HILL, AMARILLO, TX 79103 · (806) 326-4850 · Potter County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
13.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
270 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 | 29 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
47%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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 35.0% | 24.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 11.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Oak Dale Elementary School
Oak Dale Elementary School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Dale Elementary School this school | 314 | 86.0% | 45.3% |
| Burnet Elementary School ODESSA | 325 | 84.9% | 19.8% |
| Lawndale Elementary School AMARILLO | 352 | 86.9% | 33.8% |
| Littlefield Primary School LITTLEFIELD | 329 | 83.0% | N/A |
| St Elmo Elementary School AUSTIN | 305 | 80.7% | 28.4% |
| Santa Fe Elementary School CLEBURNE | 382 | 84.8% | 36.2% |
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 Oak Dale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Potter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,924 of 4,401 | #11 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,285 of 4,466 ▲ 912 | #5 of 27 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,095 of 4,466 ▼ 889 | #18 of 27 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,312 of 3,998 | #10 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #4,107 of 4,938 | #22 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #864 of 4,622 | #7 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #2,669 of 4,628 | #18 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #1,483 of 4,789 | #16 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #746 of 2,838 | #9 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
314
-106 (-25%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 314 | 24 | 13.1:1 | 86% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 24.2 | 14.0:1 | 86% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 27.1 | 12.9:1 | 85% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 79% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 28.1 | 15.0:1 | 80% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 83% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 75% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 60% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 24 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Dale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (420 to 314); teachers down 14% (28.1 to 24).
About Oak Dale Elementary School
Oak Dale Elementary School is a small elementary school found in AMARILLO, Texas. The school has 314 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 39% lower.
Oak Dale Elementary School sits within AMARILLO ISD, which has 55 schools and 29,321 students.
More than half of enrollment at Oak Dale Elementary School is Hispanic: 69%. The remaining shares are 22% White and 5% Black. Potter County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
There are 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.1:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Of all students at Oak Dale Elementary School, 86% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 74% average for public schools in Potter County is 12 points lower.
Oak Dale Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of Texas public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Oak Dale Elementary School is +8.3 points: 45.3% actual, 37.0% predicted.
In Potter County, home to about 115,975 people, 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, Caprock High School, is about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 44.9%; Oak Dale Elementary School's is 45.3%, ranking 4th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 314 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 420. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.5:1 to 13.1:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Caprock High School0.7 mi · 2,058
- Humphrey's Highland Elementary School0.9 mi · 567
- Lawndale Elementary School0.9 mi · 352
- Bowie 6th Grade Campus1.1 mi · 326
- Bowie Middle School1.2 mi · 721
- Sunrise Elementary School1.2 mi · 196
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Dale Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Oak Dale Elementary School?
Oak Dale Elementary School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Oak Dale Elementary School serve?
Oak Dale Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oak Dale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oak Dale Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Dale Elementary School?
At Oak Dale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 69% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Dale Elementary School?
Oak Dale Elementary School is overseen by AMARILLO ISD in Potter County.
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