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Gene Howe Elem

Randall County · Region 16: Amarillo · 377 students

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Current score
74/1002025-26
Change
−16 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−7.6 ptsvs 81.6 average · 1,752 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,372 of 1,752tied with 66 others
C74

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 90 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 81.6 average for 1,752 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

12.9% −1.9 pts vs 14.8%

  • 12.9% is 1.9 percentage points lower than the 14.8% average among 1,699 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Gene Howe Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.6 average for 1,752 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 16 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,372nd of 1,752 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 66 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageGene Howe Elem 9081677674 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 90 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26C7481.6 1,752 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7681.7 1,728 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6779.7 1,703 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8180.3 1,676 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9083.1 1,654 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement72 C−9.0 vs similar economic context · 1,691 reporting
  • School Progress75 C−6.4 vs similar economic context · 1,684 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps71 C−7.9 vs similar economic context · 1,669 reporting
  • Academic Growth75 C−0.3 vs similar economic context · 1,645 reporting
  • Relative Performance65 D−14.3 vs similar economic context · 1,684 reporting
  • Gene Howe Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,752 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement72C8
School Progress75C5
Closing the Gaps71C9
Academic Growth75C5
Relative Performance65D5

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 5 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (75), so Student Achievement (72) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 75.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level69%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,691 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,691 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,691 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,689 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,689 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,689 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,681 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,681 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,681 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,752 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
377
Economically disadvantaged
52.5%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
4.3%−9.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
24.7%+5.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.8%+0.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.9%−1.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Gene Howe Elem

African American: 4.6%Hispanic: 36.7%White: 54.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.6%Two or More Races: 2.7%
  • African American 4.6%
  • Hispanic 36.7%
  • White 54.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.6%
  • Two or More Races 2.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,752 reporting for every category shown · 1,752 in full cohort

African American: 9.8%Hispanic: 42.3%White: 40.4%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.1%
  • African American 9.8%
  • Hispanic 42.3%
  • White 40.4%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.1%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
373
Economically disadvantaged students
196
Emergent bilingual students
16
Special education students
92

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
36
Students in TEA mobility denominator
311
TEA-published mobility rate
11.6%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 377 students in 2025–26, an increase of 14 (3.9%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
377

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+14

Increase · +3.9%

Change since 2021–22
+12

Increase · +3.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
377
Selected comparison
641.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,711 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Gene Howe Elem
School yearStudents enrolledGene Howe ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 365 First available year 643
2022–23 373 Increase of 8 (2.2%) 649
2023–24 374 Increase of 1 (0.3%) 649.2
2024–25 363 Decrease of 11 (2.9%) 646.3
2025–26 377 Increase of 14 (3.9%) 641.7

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
10

2.62 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
382

2024–25

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
2.62
Selected comparison
27.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,467 rated schools reporting

−24.7 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Gene Howe Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 368 12 3.3% 32 8.70 9.8% 19
2021–22 391 13 3.3% 26 6.65 12.2% 27.3
2022–23 399 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 381 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 382 Suppressed — 10 2.62 — 27.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Gene Howe Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — 10 2.62 — 27.3
In-school suspensions Suppressed — 10 2.62 — 21
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$5k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Gene Howe Elem
  • Parent district: Canyon ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,322
Selected comparison
$12,075

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,725 rated schools reporting

−$3,753 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,322 per student for this campus, $12,646 per student for its parent district, Canyon ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearGene Howe ElemParent district: Canyon ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,648$11,075$13,054$7,894 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,599 rated schools reporting
2019$6,508$11,279$13,108$8,057 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,615 rated schools reporting
2020$6,973$15,193$14,058$8,610 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,629 rated schools reporting
2021$7,271$19,214$14,797$8,998 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,646 rated schools reporting
2022$7,778$15,160$15,708$10,296 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,657 rated schools reporting
2023$7,571$12,755$16,792$10,783 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,676 rated schools reporting
2024$8,310$12,962$18,125$11,669 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,700 rated schools reporting
2025$8,322$12,646$18,972$12,075 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,725 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$63,062−$3,585 vs similar economic context
Teachers
27−15.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.1−5.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Gene Howe Elem

Beginning: 6.8%1 to 5 years: 26.4%6 to 10 years: 26.4%11 to 20 years: 21.5%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 3.8%
  • Beginning 6.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 26.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 21.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,752 reporting for every category shown · 1,752 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.8%1 to 5 years: 24.7%6 to 10 years: 19.3%11 to 20 years: 29%21 to 30 years: 16.6%Over 30 years: 4.3%
  • Beginning 5.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 29%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.6%
  • Over 30 years 4.3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Gene Howe Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classGene Howe Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten2218
Grade 118.718.3
Grade 22218.5
Grade 320.719
Grade 415.219

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 90 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 5of 20

    Per-student spending

    Randall County · of the 20 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 191901101.