Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000177
Sanborn Elementary School
700 S ROBERTS, AMARILLO, TX 79102 · (806) 326-5250 · Potter County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
377 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 | 63 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
25%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
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 21.0% | 27.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 23.0% | 34.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Sanborn Elementary School
Sanborn Elementary School's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanborn Elementary School this school | 404 | 93.3% | 33.1% |
| Gibson Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 421 | 91.7% | 29.4% |
| Hopkins Elementary School VICTORIA | 439 | 92.7% | 25.4% |
| Gardens Elementary School PASADENA | 382 | 92.1% | 33.0% |
| Chapel Hill Preparatory-A Personalized Lrning School DALLAS | 404 | 94.3% | 37.8% |
| Sparks Elementary School PASADENA | 370 | 92.4% | 54.0% |
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 Sanborn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Potter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #3,356 of 4,401 | #23 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,800 of 4,466 ▼ 460 | #24 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,816 of 4,466 ▼ 427 | #25 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.5pp | #482 of 3,998 | #9 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #3,447 of 4,938 | #12 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,466 of 4,622 | #10 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.3% | #3,585 of 4,628 | #25 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #705 of 4,789 | #9 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #991 of 2,838 | #12 of 26 |
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
404
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 404 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 93% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 29.2 | 13.5:1 | 94% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 29.1 | 13.3:1 | 93% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 92% (400) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 38.6 | 13.5:1 | 94% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 42 | 14.5:1 | 97% (588) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 94% (619) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 93% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 32 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sanborn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (520 to 404); teachers down 25% (38.6 to 29).
About Sanborn Elementary School
Sanborn Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school located in AMARILLO, Texas. The school has 404 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 22% below average.
AMARILLO ISD is the district for Sanborn Elementary School. It has 55 schools and 29,321 students.
At Sanborn Elementary School, 86% of students are Hispanic. It is also 9% White and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Potter County is roughly 39% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sanborn Elementary School scores 25%.
Sanborn Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.9:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 93% at Sanborn Elementary School. The rate at public schools in Potter County averages 74%, lower than here.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sanborn Elementary School, the prediction is 33.8% and the result is 33.1%.
In Potter County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $53,249, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county has 49 public schools and about 21,501 students.
Emerson Elementary School is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Sanborn Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 39.8% on proficiency, and Sanborn Elementary School is below that at 33.1%.
Sanborn Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
From 436 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 404 by 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Potter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,975
Census ACS
Median income
$53,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
21,501 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 Sanborn Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sanborn Elementary. Sanborn Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Sanborn Elementary SchoolCHANDLER, AZ · 526 students
- Sanborn Elementary SchoolLONGMONT, CO · 209 students
- Sanborn ElementaryOSSINEKE, MI · 201 students
Nearby schools
- Emerson Elementary School0.9 mi · 500
- Bowie Middle School1.0 mi · 721
- Mann Middle School1.1 mi · 419
- Johnny N Allen-6th Grade Campus1.1 mi · 210
- Bowie 6th Grade Campus1.1 mi · 326
- Glenwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Sanborn Elementary SchoolHow large is Sanborn Elementary School?
Sanborn Elementary School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sanborn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sanborn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Sanborn Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Sanborn Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sanborn Elementary School?
At Sanborn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 86% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Sanborn Elementary School public or private?
Sanborn Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by AMARILLO ISD.
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