George Washington Carver El Academy

Size

George Washington Carver El Academy is the 28th largest of Amarillo ISD's 37 elementary schools; its 321 students are 1.1% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 391; George Washington Carver El Academy is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 3 with 88 students, and its smallest is grade 2 with 74, against an average of 80 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 74 in grade 2 and 75 in grade 5.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 39.9% here and 47.9% across Amarillo ISD. Black students are next, at 32.7%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

76.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 70.5% across Amarillo ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

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

Teachers

With 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers for 321 students, George Washington Carver El Academy has 14.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 321 students would have about 21.7 teachers, so George Washington Carver El Academy has about as many as that.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

George Washington Carver El Academy is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. The nearest other elementary school is George Washington Carver Early Childhood Academy, 0.5 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 44 other elementary schools, 34 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.