📍 1905 W 12th, Amarillo, Potter County, 79107
George Washington Carver el Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Amarillo, Potter County. The school has 327 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Haley Villarreal. It is part of the Amarillo Isd school district. It serves grades 2–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 41% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
George Washington Carver el Academy enrolls 327 students across grades 2–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 34% Hispanic or Latino, 31% Black or African American and 24% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 110 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 103 | 31% |
| White | 80 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 9.2% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
236 of the school's 327 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 214 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.
George Washington Carver el Academy 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.
George Washington Carver el Academy 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 327 students, George Washington Carver el Academy 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
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