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Enrollment
571
Middle
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000182
Travis Middle School
2815 MARTIN RD, AMARILLO, TX 79107 · (806) 326-3800 · Potter County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
539 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 12 | 2% |
| Grade 7 | 276 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 283 | 50% |
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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 49.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Travis Middle School
Travis Middle School's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Middle School this school | 571 | 94.4% | 38.6% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Houston HOUSTON | 497 | 87.7% | 59.2% |
| Sam Tasby Middle School DALLAS | 752 | 99.2% | 39.8% |
| Killough Middle School HOUSTON | 763 | 87.7% | 34.4% |
| Youngblood Intermediate School HOUSTON | 864 | 88.1% | 34.9% |
| Alief Middle School HOUSTON | 821 | 89.2% | 35.3% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Travis Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Potter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #1,005 of 1,635 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #738 of 1,670 ▲ 37 | #5 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,068 of 1,670 ▲ 190 | #9 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #188 of 1,570 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #975 of 1,749 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #447 of 1,542 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #383 of 1,543 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #127 of 1,648 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #428 of 942 | #4 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
571
-126 (-18%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 935
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 571 | 42.6 | 13.4:1 | 94% (539) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 45.3 | 13.5:1 | 92% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 629 | 45.8 | 13.8:1 | 92% (579) |
| 2020-21 | 697 | 49 | 14.2:1 | 90% (628) |
| 2017-18 | 687 | 44.4 | 15.5:1 | 95% (650) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 44 | 14.5:1 | 94% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 889 | 60 | 14.8:1 | 92% (821) |
| 2000-01 | 943 | 62 | 15.2:1 | 81% (764) |
| 1990-91 | 935 | 51 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Travis Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (687 to 571); teachers down 4% (44.4 to 42.6).
About Travis Middle School
Travis Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in AMARILLO, Texas. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 571 students.
AMARILLO ISD has 29,321 students in 55 schools, and Travis Middle School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are 55% of those enrolled at Travis Middle School. Next come 17% Asian, 15% Black, 10% White, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 39% Hispanic among all Potter County residents. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Travis Middle School are from different groups.
The school's 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. The average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Travis Middle School, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 74% for public schools in Potter County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Travis Middle School, the prediction is 33.4% and the result is 38.6%.
In Potter County, the median household earns about $53,249 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Across Potter County, 49 public schools serve about 21,501 students.
Travis 6th Grade Campus is about 0.2 miles from Travis Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 37.7% proficiency; Travis Middle School posts 38.6%.
NCES describes the area around Travis Middle School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 18% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 Travis Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 1 state are named Travis Middle. Travis Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Travis Middle SchoolIRVING, TX · 936 students
- Travis Middle SchoolPORT LAVACA, TX · 693 students
- Travis Middle SchoolMCALLEN, TX · 505 students
- Travis Middle SchoolQUANAH, TX · 95 students
Nearby schools
- Travis 6th Grade Campus0.2 mi · 275
- Whittier Elementary School0.2 mi · 440
- Mesa Verde Elementary School0.9 mi · 337
- Rogers Elementary School1.0 mi · 490
- Forest Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 484
- Palo Duro High School1.2 mi · 1,949
Frequently asked questions
About Travis Middle SchoolHow many students attend Travis Middle School?
Travis Middle School enrolls approximately 571 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Travis Middle School serve?
Travis Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Travis Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Travis Middle School is approximately 13.4:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Travis Middle School?
At Travis Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 55% Hispanic, 15% Black, 17% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Travis Middle School public or private?
Travis Middle 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.