📍 815 Independence, Amarillo, Potter County, 79106
Houston Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Amarillo, Potter County. The school has 656 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Bradley Phillips. It is part of the Amarillo Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 50.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Houston Middle enrolls 656 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 50.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 19% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 291 | 44% |
| White | 173 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 124 | 19% |
| Asian | 39 | 5.9% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 3.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
577 of the school's 656 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 509 qualify for free lunch and 68 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.
Houston Middle 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.
Houston Middle 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 656 students, Houston Middle is larger than the district average of about 533 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize