PARK HILLS EL

PARK HILLS EL is one of the micro-enrollment elementary campuss in AMARILLO, Texas, overseen by AMARILLO ISD, with 174 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 66% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

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

On demographics, PARK HILLS EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% Black, 15% White, 5% Asian. By comparison, Potter County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, PARK HILLS EL lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PARK HILLS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at PARK HILLS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Potter County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PARK HILLS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.7%; this one delivers 36.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Potter County put median household income runs about $53,249, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. PARK HILLS EL is one of 49 public schools in Potter County (combined enrollment of about 21,501 students).

The closest other public school is PALO DURO H S, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PARK HILLS EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 50%: 347 students in 2018 compared to 174 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 22% to 17%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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