Crockett Middle, Amarillo TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Crockett Middle

Crockett Middle serves sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students in Amarillo, a growing city on the Texas Panhandle where housing costs run modestly below the state average and employment spans healthcare, manufacturing, defense, and food processing. The school sits in an area with a modest share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a student body that is roughly balanced between white and Hispanic students, with smaller numbers of Asian, Black, and multiracial pupils.

Academic performance shows a pattern typical of many middle schools: strength at the top end and considerable variability across grade levels. In eighth grade, the school's results are notably solid. Math proficiency in eighth grade reaches a level that is above the midpoint for middle schools, and English language arts falls into a moderate range. Science proficiency in eighth grade is in the middle band. Social studies proficiency in eighth grade falls below the midpoint. The school's eighth grade students as a whole reach mastery or higher in both English language arts and math at a modest rate.

Sixth grade also shows respectable English results and moderate math results. The real soft spot appears in seventh grade math, where proficiency drops substantially. Parents may want to look into the school's math trajectory in seventh grade and how instruction addresses the jump in difficulty students face at that stage.

When proficiency levels are aggregated across all subjects and grades, about four in five students reach the lowest passing threshold, but fewer than one in three reach mastery. This spread is common in middle grades and suggests that instruction is helping most students make progress, but deeper conceptual command remains a challenge for many.

The school does not report chronic absenteeism data or other discipline or attendance metrics in the available data, so a parent seeking a fuller picture of school environment and engagement would benefit from asking the school directly about those areas. Crockett Middle appears to function as a conventional neighborhood middle school without special magnet or charter designation, serving the home district students in its attendance zone. No program-specific offerings such as advanced tracks, career pathways, or dual-credit courses are listed in the data provided, though these may exist; the school's website or a call to the front office would clarify that.

The enrollment is typical for a middle school serving its grade band in an urban district. Housing in the zip code ranges modestly and rents are moderate relative to national benchmarks. The wider Amarillo context shows steady modest growth concentrated on the south and southwest sides, with an economy anchored by major employers in healthcare, aerospace, defense, and food processing that create a stable employment backdrop for families. Civic amenities include a public library system with a downtown hub, transit service, and parks, though the city is car-dependent outside the downtown core.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 648%

School 48% · District 37% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 725%

School 25% · District 18% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 876%

School 76% · District 55% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 666%

School 66% · District 55% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 752%

School 52% · District 47% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 865%

School 65% · District 53% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median

Science

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 42% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 27% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median

This schoolAMARILLO ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income52%Higher-income79%27 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income35%Higher-income64%29 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income49%Higher-income75%26 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income36%Higher-income58%22 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income16%Higher-income36%20 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income64%Higher-income83%19 pp gap