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If you had an hour of school board time for WESTERN PLATEAU EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMARILLO ISD·NCES 480813000183
Western Plateau Elementary School
4927 SHAWNEE, AMARILLO, TX 79109 · (806) 326-5550 · Randall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
247 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 23 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
51%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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 32.0% | 19.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 86.0% |
| 2021-22 | 71.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 71.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Western Plateau Elementary School
Western Plateau Elementary School's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Plateau Elementary School this school | 400 | 61.8% | 46.8% |
| Brownsboro Elementary School BROWNSBORO | 422 | 60.2% | 41.8% |
| Chandler Elementary School CHANDLER | 396 | 63.6% | 45.8% |
| Rhodes Elementary School VAN | 402 | 63.7% | N/A |
| Rains Intermediate School EMORY | 360 | 64.2% | 34.5% |
| Arp Elementary School ARP | 455 | 58.9% | 39.1% |
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 Western Plateau Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Randall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,762 of 4,401 | #16 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,118 of 4,466 ▼ 614 | #16 of 22 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,227 of 4,466 ▲ 638 | #12 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -17.5pp | #104 of 3,998 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #3,476 of 4,938 | #11 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,246 of 4,622 | #8 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #2,309 of 4,628 | #17 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #3,027 of 4,789 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #2,521 of 2,838 | #15 of 18 |
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
400
+18 (+5%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 62% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 29.2 | 14.9:1 | 63% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 28.7 | 15.0:1 | 59% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 48% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 26.2 | 15.9:1 | 47% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 44% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 25 | 16.1:1 | 40% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 32% (144) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 24 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Western Plateau Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (417 to 400); teachers up 3% (26.2 to 27).
About Western Plateau Elementary School
Western Plateau Elementary School is an elementary school in AMARILLO, Texas, and it is part of AMARILLO ISD. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 400 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 23% smaller than average.
AMARILLO ISD (55 schools, 29,321 students) runs Western Plateau Elementary School.
Roughly 66% of students at Western Plateau Elementary School are White. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Randall County residents are about 74% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 27 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Eligible students account for 62% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Randall County, the average is 44%.
Western Plateau Elementary School scores 46.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 47.3%.
Randall County has these Census figures: the median household income is $83,864, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Randall County is home to 43 public schools and about 23,668 public school students.
Bonham Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Western Plateau Elementary School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Western Plateau Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Western Plateau Elementary School climbed 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 382 to 400 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Western Plateau Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Randall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,070
Census ACS
Median income
$83,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
23,668 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
Nearby schools
- Bonham Middle School0.3 mi · 892
- Richard Milburn Academy Amarillo0.5 mi · 133
- Amarillo High School1.1 mi · 2,161
- Paramount Terrace Elementary School1.2 mi · 313
- South Georgia Elementary School1.3 mi · 399
- Ridgecrest Elementary School1.3 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Western Plateau Elementary SchoolHow large is Western Plateau Elementary School?
Western Plateau Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades PK-05.
Is Western Plateau Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Western Plateau Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Western Plateau Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Western Plateau Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Western Plateau Elementary School?
At Western Plateau Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Western Plateau Elementary School public or private?
Western Plateau Elementary 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.