Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000171
Paramount Terrace Elementary School
3906 COUGAR DR, AMARILLO, TX 79109 · (806) 326-4950 · Randall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
201 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 | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
67%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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 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 down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 40.0% | 16.0% | 28.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 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 | 56.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Paramount Terrace Elementary School
Paramount Terrace Elementary School's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Terrace Elementary School this school | 313 | 64.2% | 59.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary School WICHITA FALLS | 322 | 64.3% | 48.0% |
| Tatum Elementary School TATUM | 306 | 63.7% | 44.9% |
| Snook Elementary School SOMERVILLE | 291 | 63.9% | 39.0% |
| Fairfield Intermediate School FAIRFIELD | 348 | 61.2% | 39.0% |
| Waskom Elementary School WASKOM | 370 | 68.1% | 37.6% |
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 Paramount Terrace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Randall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #802 of 4,401 | #10 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,469 of 4,466 ▼ 1,882 | #19 of 22 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,796 of 4,466 ▼ 323 | #15 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #624 of 3,998 | #8 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #4,116 of 4,938 | #20 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #794 of 4,622 | #3 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #814 of 4,628 | #1 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.2% | #2,893 of 4,789 | #7 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #1,726 of 2,838 | #9 of 18 |
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
313
-50 (-14%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
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 | 313 | 24.2 | 13.0:1 | 64% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 22 | 14.0:1 | 67% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 24.6 | 13.0:1 | 70% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 25 | 14.5:1 | 62% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 24.6 | 14.7:1 | 58% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 51% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 22 | 13.5:1 | 49% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 339 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 26% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 24 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paramount Terrace Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (362 to 313); teachers down 2% (24.6 to 24.2).
About Paramount Terrace Elementary School
Paramount Terrace Elementary School is a small elementary school in AMARILLO, Texas, (ZIP code 79109). Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 313 students. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 40% lower.
AMARILLO ISD has 55 schools; together they serve 29,321 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Paramount Terrace Elementary School is White, with 45% of students. The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. Randall County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
A staff of 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.0:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 64%. The 44% average for public schools in Randall County is 20 points lower.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.3% for Paramount Terrace Elementary School. The school posts 59.4%, 13.1 points above the prediction.
In Randall County, home to about 146,070 people, the median household earns about $83,864 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Randall County number 43, with about 23,668 students.
Premier H S of Amarillo is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Paramount Terrace Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Paramount Terrace Elementary School is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Paramount Terrace Elementary School enrolled 363 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 313. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.5:1 to 13.0:1.
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Randall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,070
Census ACS
Median income
$83,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
23,668 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
- Premier H S of Amarillo0.8 mi · 250
- Crockett Middle School0.9 mi · 823
- Ridgecrest Elementary School1.0 mi · 362
- Richard Milburn Academy Amarillo1.0 mi · 133
- South Georgia Elementary School1.1 mi · 399
- Bonham Middle School1.2 mi · 892
Frequently asked questions
About Paramount Terrace Elementary SchoolHow large is Paramount Terrace Elementary School?
Paramount Terrace Elementary School enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Paramount Terrace Elementary School serve?
Paramount Terrace Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Paramount Terrace Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Paramount Terrace Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Paramount Terrace Elementary School?
Student demographics at Paramount Terrace Elementary School are roughly 45% White, 32% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Paramount Terrace Elementary School?
Paramount Terrace Elementary School is overseen by AMARILLO ISD in Randall County.
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