Glenwood El, Amarillo TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Glenwood El

Glenwood Elementary is a public school serving early elementary grades in Amarillo. Its student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic and economically disadvantaged: nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and Hispanic students make up the vast majority of enrollment. The school operates in one of Amarillo's older residential neighborhoods and draws from a community with limited economic mobility.

Academic performance is mixed and grade-dependent. In English language arts, proficiency rates vary considerably by grade. Third graders show solid performance, while fourth graders score around the middle range, and fifth graders fall noticeably lower. Math results show a similar pattern: fourth graders perform at a respectable level, but fifth-grade outcomes are weaker. Overall across the school, about a quarter of students reach mastery level in either subject, while most others reach the "approaches" level, indicating they are making progress but not yet meeting grade-level standards with consistency. Science testing is minimal at the school level, with very small tested groups in fifth grade. Social studies shows the school's weakest aggregate performance, with only about one in ten students reaching mastery.

When placed against other districts in Potter County, Glenwood's overall proficiency index puts it in the top quartile, which reflects solid performance for the demographic it serves. However, the gap between performance in grade four and grade five across both subjects suggests that students lose ground as they advance, a pattern a parent may want to explore with the school to understand what support exists for upper-elementary learners.

The school's enrollment is stable and small for its grade span, with fairly even distribution across prekindergarten through fifth grade. The housing market around South Houston Street, where the school is located, reflects the economic reality of its families: home values are modest relative to Texas state benchmarks and national standards, and affordability is tight, with rent consuming a meaningful share of household income. This is a neighborhood school serving a working-poor and low-income population in one of Amarillo's older residential areas. A parent considering Glenwood should expect a school deeply embedded in its community's economic circumstances and may want to ask directly about interventions for fifth-grade performance dips and the school's approach to closing proficiency gaps between grades.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 18% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 468%

School 68% · District 20% · ▲ 48 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 361%

School 61% · District 50% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 45% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 38% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county 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 5Lower-income45%Higher-income57%12 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income25%Higher-income40%15 pp gap