TRADEWIND EL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in AMARILLO, Texas, TRADEWIND EL educates 658 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by AMARILLO ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 27% above typical.

Within AMARILLO ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 29,321 students, TRADEWIND EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, TRADEWIND EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 24% White, 9% Black, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Randall County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Randall County's rate of about 44%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TRADEWIND EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.2%; this one delivers 42.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Randall County put median household earnings sit near $83,864, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Randall County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,668 students), of which TRADEWIND EL is one.

CAPROCK H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TRADEWIND EL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. TRADEWIND EL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 659 (now 658). Hispanic enrollment moved from 59% to 53% across the same window.

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