TRAVIS 6TH GRADE CAMPUS

As an intimate junior high in AMARILLO, Texas, TRAVIS 6TH GRADE CAMPUS serves 275 students from grade 6, operated by AMARILLO ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 57% below typical.

AMARILLO ISD comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 29,321 students; TRAVIS 6TH GRADE CAMPUS is among them.

On demographics, TRAVIS 6TH GRADE CAMPUS lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 20% Black, 19% Asian, 7% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at TRAVIS 6TH GRADE CAMPUS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Potter County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TRAVIS 6TH GRADE CAMPUS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 31.0%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Potter County put median household income runs about $53,249, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Potter County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,501 students), of which TRAVIS 6TH GRADE CAMPUS is one.

Nearest neighbor: TRAVIS MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TRAVIS 6TH GRADE CAMPUS. On composite proficiency, TRAVIS 6TH GRADE CAMPUS comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. TRAVIS 6TH GRADE CAMPUS's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 275). The Black share of enrollment increased from 16% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.