SUNRISE EL

SUNRISE EL, a very small primary school in AMARILLO, Texas, run under AMARILLO ISD, enrolls 196 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SUNRISE EL sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

AMARILLO ISD comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 29,321 students; SUNRISE EL is among them.

On demographics, SUNRISE EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 16% White, 9% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SUNRISE EL has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Potter County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SUNRISE EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 32.2%; actual is 60.3%, +28.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Potter County reports that median household earnings sit near $53,249, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Potter County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,501 students), SUNRISE EL is one campus in the mix.

HUMPHREY'S HIGHLAND EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUNRISE EL. On composite proficiency, SUNRISE EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SUNRISE EL's enrollment has edged down 34% since 2018, when it stood at 295 (now 196). The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 82% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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