Canyon ISD

Canyon, Texas · Randall County · Grades Pre-K–12

Canyon ISD runs 21 schools (10 elementary, 6 middle, 4 high, 1 other) with 11,565 students. By enrollment it is the 111th largest of 1210 districts in Texas, where the median district has 886 students. NCES classifies its area as city, midsize.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 1210 Texas districts listed on this site.

District at a glance

Schools	21
Students	11,565
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	753.9
Students per teacher	15.3 (state 14.9)
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible	33.2% (state 61.6%)
County	Randall County
Area type	City, midsize
NCES district ID	4812810

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.

Schools in Canyon ISD

School	Level	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Free/reduced lunch
Arden Road Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	403	15.8	26.8%
Canyon High School	High	9–12	1,097	14.2	21%
Canyon Intermediate School	Middle	5–6	529	16	28.2%
Canyon Junior High School	Middle	7–8	555	14.9	24%
City View Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	698	17.1	45.8%
Crestview Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	440	15.7	21.8%
Gene Howe Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	363	14.8	50.4%
Greenways Intermediate School	Middle	5–6	629	16.5	33.5%
Heritage Hills Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	445	16	31.5%
Hillside Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	362	17.4	30.1%
Lakeview Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	388	14.9	55.4%
Midway Alternative High School	High	11–12	52	8.5	42.3%
Pinnacle Intermediate School	Middle	5–6	590	16.1	42.4%
Randall High School	High	9–12	1,126	13.7	34%
Randall Junior High School	Middle	7–8	579	17.2	40.6%
Reeves-Hinger Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	669	16.6	42%
Spring Canyon Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	405	15.7	33.8%
Sundown Lane Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	344	15.2	50.9%
West Plains High School	High	9–12	1,221	15.4	23.6%
West Plains Junior High School	Middle	7–8	630	15.9	28.1%
Youth Center of High Plains	Other	4–11	40	4.8	7.5%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.

Map of Canyon ISD schools

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Canyon ISD in context

Size

Canyon ISD enrolls 0.2% of Texas' 5,544,769 public school students and is larger than the median district (886 students). The largest of its schools is West Plains High School with 1,221 students, and the smallest is Youth Center of High Plains with 40; the average is 551, against 626 statewide.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment. Share = district students ÷ all students in Texas schools listed here; averages = students ÷ schools.

Grades

Grade 9 is its largest grade, with 921 students this year. Grade 12 has 831 students and kindergarten has 801, within 10% of each other. Canyon ISD enrolls 315 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.

Students

White students are the largest group in Canyon ISD at 59%, above their 24.4% share of Texas public school students. Hispanic students make up 32.5%.

33.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 61.6% statewide. By school, the share runs from 7.5% at Youth Center of High Plains to 55.4% at Lakeview Elementary School.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Staff

Its 753.9 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 15.3 students per teacher, close to the state's 14.9. With 29.9 counselors it has 387 students per counselor; the median Texas district has 379, and the American School Counselor Association recommends no more than 250. It reports 11 librarians or media specialists and 8 school psychologists.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file (full-time equivalents). Students per counselor = district students ÷ counselors. Benchmark: American School Counselor Association, 250 students per counselor.

Location

NCES classifies Canyon ISD's area as city, midsize: inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest district is Amarillo ISD, 9.5 miles away with 29,321 students. 6 districts are within 25 miles, and 1 of them enrolls more students than Canyon ISD.

Source: NCES EDGE locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines between the average locations of each district's schools.

Staff

Role	Full-time equivalent	Students per staff member
Teachers	684.8	17
School counselors	29.9	387
Librarians and media specialists	11	1,051
School psychologists	8	1,446
Instructional aides	164.7	70
Other student support staff	48.4	239
School administrators	48	241
District administrators	7	1,652
All staff	1,481.8

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file. Students per staff member = district students ÷ full-time-equivalent staff in that role. The median Texas district has 379 students per counselor.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
White	59%
Hispanic	32.5%
Black	3.4%
Two or more races	2.9%
Asian	1.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.1%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K	315
Kindergarten	801
Grade 1	770
Grade 2	880
Grade 3	870
Grade 4	882
Grade 5	881
Grade 6	868
Grade 7	889
Grade 8	884
Grade 9	921
Grade 10	915
Grade 11	858
Grade 12	831

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Nearby school districts

District	Distance	Students	Per teacher	Calendar 2026–2027
Amarillo ISD	10 mi	29,321	14.5	–
Bushland ISD	12 mi	1,434	12.6	–
River Road ISD	16 mi	1,221	12.2	–
Wildorado ISD	18 mi	215	12	–
Highland Park ISD	19 mi	749	12.4	–
Happy ISD	23 mi	253	9.9	–
Vega ISD	31 mi	340	8.8	–
Claude ISD	31 mi	297	10.2	–

Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).

Contact

3301 N 23rd St, Canyon, TX 79015
Phone: (806)677-2600
Website: canyonisd.net

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.