WEST PLAINS H S

As a sprawling high school in AMARILLO, Texas, WEST PLAINS H S works with 1,221 students from grades 9 through 12, run under CANYON ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 53% above typical.

CANYON ISD comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 11,565 students; WEST PLAINS H S is among them.

On the student-mix side, WEST PLAINS H S logs that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 33% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Randall County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, WEST PLAINS H S lists 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Randall County's rate of about 44%.

After controlling for student poverty, WEST PLAINS H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.6%, the actual is 62.9%, a residual of -0.7 points.

In the surrounding community, Randall County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,864, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Randall County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,668 students), WEST PLAINS H S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HILLSIDE EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST PLAINS H S ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.