📍 5123 e 14th, Amarillo, Potter County, 79104
Sunrise el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Amarillo, Potter County. The school has 266 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Amarillo Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Sunrise el enrolls 266 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 7.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 197 | 74% |
| White | 36 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 21 | 7.9% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
249 of the school's 266 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 227 qualify for free lunch and 22 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.
Sunrise 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.
Sunrise 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 266 students, Sunrise 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