Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000173
Puckett Elementary School
6700 OAKHURST, AMARILLO, TX 79109 · (806) 326-5050 · Randall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
101 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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
51%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
69.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
61.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 42.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 69.0% | 61.0% |
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Puckett Elementary School
Puckett Elementary School's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puckett Elementary School this school | 316 | 32.0% | 63.5% |
| Lorene Smith Kirkpatrick Elementary School MAYPEARL | 342 | 32.5% | 44.2% |
| Blanche Dodd Elementary School KRUM | 335 | 32.8% | 54.7% |
| Danbury Elementary School DANBURY | 297 | 33.3% | 54.8% |
| Lawn Elementary School LAWN | 296 | 31.1% | 77.8% |
| Holland Elementary School HOLLAND | 316 | 38.0% | 61.1% |
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 Puckett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Randall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #591 of 4,401 | #6 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #858 of 4,466 ▼ 173 | #8 of 22 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #754 of 4,466 ▼ 400 | #5 of 22 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #4,096 of 4,938 | #19 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,479 of 4,622 | #11 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #2,286 of 4,628 | #16 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #4,175 of 4,789 | #17 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #1,032 of 2,838 | #4 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
316
-62 (-16%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 365
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 316 | 21 | 15.0:1 | 32% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 21.8 | 15.4:1 | 36% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 22.1 | 15.5:1 | 32% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 22 | 17.2:1 | 35% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 24.2 | 16.7:1 | 24% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 23 | 16.9:1 | 23% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 21 | 15.6:1 | 20% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 17% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 365 | 21 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Puckett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (404 to 316); teachers down 13% (24.2 to 21).
About Puckett Elementary School
Puckett Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in AMARILLO, Texas. Its enrollment is 316 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 39% below average.
AMARILLO ISD oversees Puckett Elementary School and 54 other schools, with 29,321 students in total.
The student body at Puckett Elementary School is 64% White. The school is also 28% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 74%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 15.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Puckett Elementary School, which has 21. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Puckett Elementary School is about 32%. For comparison, public schools in Randall County average 44%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Puckett Elementary School is 3.5 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 63.5% actual, 60.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Looking at the county, Randall County, median household income comes to about $83,864, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 43, with about 23,668 students.
Puckett Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Amarillo High School, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Puckett Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
The school's student count fell 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.0:1, from 17.2:1.
The Puckett Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Other Puckett Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Puckett Elementary. Puckett Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Puckett ElementaryPuckett, MS · 351 students
Nearby schools
- Amarillo High School0.5 mi · 2,161
- Ridgecrest Elementary School0.9 mi · 362
- Belmar Elementary School1.2 mi · 385
- Bonham Middle School1.2 mi · 892
- Sleepy Hollow Elementary School1.3 mi · 519
- Crockett Middle School1.4 mi · 823
Frequently asked questions
About Puckett Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Puckett Elementary School?
Puckett Elementary School enrolls approximately 316 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Puckett Elementary School serve?
Puckett Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Puckett Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Puckett Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Puckett Elementary School?
At Puckett Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 28% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Puckett Elementary School public or private?
Puckett Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by AMARILLO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.