WESTERN PLATEAU EL

As a tight-knit elementary campus in AMARILLO, Texas, WESTERN PLATEAU EL caters to 400 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by AMARILLO ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so WESTERN PLATEAU EL sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 55 schools in AMARILLO ISD (29,321 students total), WESTERN PLATEAU EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, WESTERN PLATEAU EL shows that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 62% of students at WESTERN PLATEAU EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Randall County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WESTERN PLATEAU EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.9%; this one delivers 44.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Randall County shows median household earnings sit near $83,864, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Randall County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,668 students), WESTERN PLATEAU EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BONHAM MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WESTERN PLATEAU EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WESTERN PLATEAU EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. WESTERN PLATEAU EL's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 400). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the WESTERN PLATEAU EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.