📍 705 Sycamore, Amarillo, Potter County, 79107
Hamlet el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Amarillo, Potter County. The school has 295 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joseph Ruiz. It is part of the Amarillo Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Hamlet el enrolls 295 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Black or African American, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 16% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 156 | 53% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 60 | 20% |
| White | 46 | 16% |
| Asian | 21 | 7.1% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 3.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
269 of the school's 295 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 254 qualify for free lunch and 15 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.
Hamlet 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.
Hamlet 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 295 students, Hamlet el is smaller than the district average of about 533 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize