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RANDALL H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RANDALL H S
RANDALL H S is a 9-12 campus of mid-sized scale in AMARILLO, Texas, overseen by CANYON ISD, enrolling 1,126 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so RANDALL H S sits 41% bigger than that benchmark.
RANDALL H S is one of 21 schools operated by CANYON ISD, a district that instructs 11,565 students overall.
Demographically, RANDALL H S shows that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Randall County's rate of about 44%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RANDALL H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.0%; this one delivers 58.9%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Randall County put median household income runs about $83,864, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Randall County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,668 students), RANDALL H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is RANDALL J H, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RANDALL H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RANDALL H S ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RANDALL H S has contracted 34%, going from 1,700 students in 2018 to 1,126 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 67% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for RANDALL H S typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Randall County at a glance
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