Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000179
South Lawn Elementary School
4719 S BOWIE, AMARILLO, TX 79110 · (806) 326-5401 · Randall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
279 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 | 35 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
64%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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 33.0% | 24.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 33.0% | 20.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 South Lawn Elementary School
South Lawn Elementary School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Lawn Elementary School this school | 325 | 85.8% | 44.0% |
| Lamar Elementary School AMARILLO | 281 | 87.5% | 36.4% |
| Southside Elementary School ANGLETON | 304 | 84.2% | 52.4% |
| Roark Early Education Center WILLIS | 348 | 84.2% | N/A |
| Crockett Elementary School GREENVILLE | 293 | 88.1% | 22.2% |
| Wild Peach Elementary School BRAZORIA | 297 | 79.1% | N/A |
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 South Lawn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Randall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,075 of 4,401 | #18 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,457 of 4,466 ▼ 263 | #13 of 22 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,487 of 4,466 ▲ 171 | #13 of 22 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,165 of 3,998 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #4,040 of 4,938 | #18 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,559 of 4,622 | #4 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #1,094 of 4,628 | #5 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #1,492 of 4,789 | #3 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #637 of 2,838 | #2 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
325
-41 (-11%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 325 | 23.2 | 14.0:1 | 86% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 21.3 | 14.8:1 | 88% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 22.3 | 14.7:1 | 86% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 82% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 28.7 | 15.6:1 | 75% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 77% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 72% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 62% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 19 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Lawn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (448 to 325); teachers down 19% (28.7 to 23.2).
About South Lawn Elementary School
South Lawn Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in AMARILLO, Texas. It had 325 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 37% lower.
South Lawn Elementary School is part of a district of 55 schools: AMARILLO ISD, with 29,321 students.
Of every 100 students at South Lawn Elementary School, about 45 are Hispanic, the largest group. After that, the student body is 39% White, 10% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Randall County is about 25% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at South Lawn Elementary School totals 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at South Lawn Elementary School is about 86%. Among public schools in Randall County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, South Lawn Elementary School outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, South Lawn Elementary School is 7.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 44.0%. Predicted: 37.0%.
Randall County is the school's county. There, 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.
Fannin Middle School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of South Lawn Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. South Lawn Elementary School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 41 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
- Fannin Middle School0.3 mi · 592
- South Georgia Elementary School0.8 mi · 399
- Amarillo Collegiate Academy1.0 mi · 464
- Lamar Elementary School1.0 mi · 281
- Richard Milburn Academy Amarillo1.5 mi · 133
- Coronado Elementary School1.5 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About South Lawn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend South Lawn Elementary School?
South Lawn Elementary School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does South Lawn Elementary School serve?
South Lawn Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at South Lawn Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at South Lawn Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at South Lawn Elementary School?
At South Lawn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 45% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is South Lawn Elementary School public or private?
South Lawn 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.