PARAMOUNT TERRACE EL

PARAMOUNT TERRACE EL is an elementary campus of modestly sized scale in AMARILLO, Texas, run under AMARILLO ISD, teacheing 313 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 519.

Across the 55 schools in AMARILLO ISD (29,321 students total), PARAMOUNT TERRACE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, PARAMOUNT TERRACE EL shows that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Randall County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PARAMOUNT TERRACE EL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PARAMOUNT TERRACE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Randall County's rate of about 44%.

After controlling for student poverty, PARAMOUNT TERRACE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.8%; this one delivers 56.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Randall County reports that median household income runs about $83,864, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Randall County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,668 students), PARAMOUNT TERRACE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PREMIER H S OF AMARILLO, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PARAMOUNT TERRACE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARAMOUNT TERRACE EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARAMOUNT TERRACE EL has ticked down 14%, going from 362 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 50% to 45%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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