TASCOSA H S

TASCOSA H S operates as a heavily attended 9-12 campus in AMARILLO, Texas, part of AMARILLO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 2,176 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 173% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within AMARILLO ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 29,321 students, TASCOSA H S is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TASCOSA H S logs that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 36% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Potter County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 141 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Potter County's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TASCOSA H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Potter County shows the typical household earns roughly $53,249 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Potter County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,501 students), TASCOSA H S is one campus in the mix.

AMTECH CAREER ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TASCOSA H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TASCOSA H S at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 46.7%.

TASCOSA H S operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. TASCOSA H S's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 2,270 (now 2,176).

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