Enrollment
196
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000180
Sunrise Elementary School
5123 E 14TH, AMARILLO, TX 79104 · (806) 326-5450 · Potter County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
187 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 | 21 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
48%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 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
77.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +52.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
79.0%
TX avg 43.3% . +54.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 52 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 54 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 48.0% | 14.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 31.0% | 48.0% | 9.0% | 12.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 34 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Sunrise Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Elementary School this school | 196 | 95.4% | 66.8% |
| Brook Village Early Childhood WICHITA FALLS | 196 | 97.4% | N/A |
| Wilshire Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 183 | 91.3% | 42.4% |
| Early Childhood Center at Fw Gross VICTORIA | 170 | 98.8% | N/A |
| Park Hills Elementary School AMARILLO | 174 | 92.0% | 37.9% |
| Southeast Early Childhood Center SWEETWATER | 166 | 100.0% | 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 Sunrise Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Potter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #421 of 4,401 | #2 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #142 of 4,466 ▲ 206 | #1 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #367 of 4,466 ▲ 587 | #1 of 27 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +23.0pp | #349 of 3,998 | #5 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 196 | #4,640 of 4,938 | #28 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #451 of 4,789 | #4 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #350 of 2,838 | #8 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
196
-63 (-24%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 196 | 18 | 10.9:1 | 95% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 222 | 20.1 | 11.1:1 | 91% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 22.6 | 11.8:1 | 94% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 90% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 295 | 23.6 | 12.5:1 | 90% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 92% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 92% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 84% (335) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 18 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunrise Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (295 to 196); teachers down 24% (23.6 to 18).
About Sunrise Elementary School
Sunrise Elementary School, located in AMARILLO, Texas, is a very small elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 196 students enrolled. It has 62% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
Sunrise Elementary School is one of the 55 schools that make up AMARILLO ISD (29,321 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show Sunrise Elementary School is 69% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 16% White, 9% Black, and 3% Asian. Potter County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Sunrise Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 18 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.9:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 95%. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Potter County, the school's rate is higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sunrise Elementary School would score about 33.0%. It scores 66.8%, a top-10% result among Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Potter County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $53,249 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Sunrise Elementary School shares Potter County with 48 other public schools.
Humphrey's Highland Elementary School is the nearest public school to Sunrise Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Sunrise Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 66.8% is above the 43.4% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Sunrise Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
A 24% drop took enrollment from 259 in 2020-21 to 196 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.3:1 to 10.9:1.
This page is set up for the Sunrise Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Sunrise Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. Sunrise Elementary School is the 30th largest of the 30.
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,402 students
- Sunrise ElementaryRancho Cordova, CA · 1,235 students
- Sunrise ElementaryBLAINE, MN · 1,015 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 907 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 906 students
Nearby schools
- Humphrey's Highland Elementary School0.8 mi · 567
- Oak Dale Elementary School1.2 mi · 314
- Bowie 6th Grade Campus1.4 mi · 326
- Bowie Middle School1.5 mi · 721
- Lawndale Elementary School1.8 mi · 352
- Caprock High School1.9 mi · 2,058
Frequently asked questions
About Sunrise Elementary SchoolHow large is Sunrise Elementary School?
Sunrise Elementary School enrolls approximately 196 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sunrise Elementary School serve?
Sunrise Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Sunrise Elementary School have?
Sunrise Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
How diverse is Sunrise Elementary School?
Sunrise Elementary School reports a student body of 16% White, 69% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Sunrise Elementary School in?
Sunrise Elementary School is part of AMARILLO ISD.
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