📍 3515 Amarillo Blvd e, Amarillo, Potter County, 79107
Forest Hill el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Amarillo, Potter County. The school has 494 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sonia Castaneda. It is part of the Amarillo Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Forest Hill el enrolls 494 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% White and 3.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 410 | 83% |
| White | 48 | 9.7% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
467 of the school's 494 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 431 qualify for free lunch and 36 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Forest Hill el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 31, state house district 87.
Forest Hill el is one of 55 schools in AMARILLO ISD, based in AMARILLO, Texas. The district serves 29,321 students district-wide and employs 2,091 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 494 students, Forest Hill el is close to the district average of about 533 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize