Ranked list · Region 16: Amarillo school districts
Region 16: Amarillo school districts with the largest overall score declines since 2021-22
59 districts · since 2021-22 · TEA data fetched 15 August 2026
The change in overall score since 2021-22, from TEA's re-scored "2021-22 What If" figure to the figure it published for 2025-26. TEA re-scored 2021-22 under the rules it adopted for 2022-23 and publishes that re-scoring as "2021-22 What If". This ranking reads the re-scored series, so the change spans one consistent methodology rather than a break. Measured across Region 16: Amarillo school districts, of which 59 districts are ranked below.
What this ranking counts
59 districts of 60 districts are ranked here.
1 was not rated by TEA for 2025-26 and is not ranked.
Ordered by the largest fall first. A negative figure is a decline.
50 of the ranked districts share a placement with at least one other. Tied districts print the same placement and the next placement skips, so two districts sharing 3rd are both 3rd and the one behind them is 5th.
A ranking by a raw figure is not a measure of teaching quality on its own: it correlates with school size and, more strongly, with how many of a school's students live in poverty. Every entity page on this site instead compares a school against a peer group — districts with districts, campuses with campuses — whose share of economically disadvantaged students falls within 10 percentage points of its own, because a comparison against the state average measures the composition of a school's intake at least as much as anything the school did. This list does not: it orders by the raw figure alone. How the peer group is chosen.
The top 21
21 rows, not 20: 5 districts share 17th place, and cutting a tie in half is how a ranked list stops being true. The full list follows.
| Rank | District | County | Rating | Largest gain in overall score | 2021-22 "What If" | 2025-26 | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st tied | Bovina ISD | Parmer | D | −17.0 | 86 | 69 | 370 |
| 1st tied | Pringle-Morse CISD | Hansford | C | −17.0 | 90 | 73 | 126 |
| 3rd | Walcott ISD | Deaf Smith | B | −13.0 | 93 | 80 | 138 |
| 4th | Groom ISD | Carson | B | −8.0 | 89 | 81 | 112 |
| 5th tied | Friona ISD | Parmer | C | −7.0 | 80 | 73 | 979 |
| 5th tied | Grandview-Hopkins ISD | Gray | C | −7.0 | 77 | 70 | 44 |
| 7th | Darrouzett ISD | Lipscomb | D | −6.0 | 73 | 67 | 97 |
| 8th tied | Booker ISD | Lipscomb | B | −5.0 | 87 | 82 | 335 |
| 8th tied | Follett ISD | Lipscomb | C | −5.0 | 77 | 72 | 170 |
| 8th tied | Spearman ISD | Hansford | B | −5.0 | 92 | 87 | 652 |
| 11th | Perryton ISD | Ochiltree | B | −4.0 | 86 | 82 | 1,698 |
| 12th tied | Hedley ISD | Donley | B | −3.0 | 92 | 89 | 85 |
| 12th tied | Highland Park ISD | Potter | B | −3.0 | 84 | 81 | 723 |
| 12th tied | McLean ISD | Gray | B | −3.0 | 90 | 87 | 177 |
| 12th tied | Vega ISD | Oldham | A | −3.0 | 93 | 90 | 354 |
| 16th | Nazareth ISD | Castro | A | −2.0 | 97 | 95 | 239 |
| 17th tied | Bushland ISD | Potter | B | −1.0 | 90 | 89 | 1,424 |
| 17th tied | Canyon ISD | Randall | B | −1.0 | 88 | 87 | 11,527 |
| 17th tied | Clarendon ISD | Donley | C | −1.0 | 80 | 79 | 403 |
| 17th tied | Dalhart ISD | Dallam | C | −1.0 | 74 | 73 | 1,801 |
| 17th tied | Hartley ISD | Hartley | A | −1.0 | 95 | 94 | 242 |
The full list: all 59 districts
| Rank | District | County | Largest gain in overall score | 2021-22 "What If" | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st tied | Bovina ISD | Parmer | −17.0 | 86 | 69 |
| 1st tied | Pringle-Morse CISD | Hansford | −17.0 | 90 | 73 |
| 3rd | Walcott ISD | Deaf Smith | −13.0 | 93 | 80 |
| 4th | Groom ISD | Carson | −8.0 | 89 | 81 |
| 5th tied | Friona ISD | Parmer | −7.0 | 80 | 73 |
| 5th tied | Grandview-Hopkins ISD | Gray | −7.0 | 77 | 70 |
| 7th | Darrouzett ISD | Lipscomb | −6.0 | 73 | 67 |
| 8th tied | Booker ISD | Lipscomb | −5.0 | 87 | 82 |
| 8th tied | Follett ISD | Lipscomb | −5.0 | 77 | 72 |
| 8th tied | Spearman ISD | Hansford | −5.0 | 92 | 87 |
| 11th | Perryton ISD | Ochiltree | −4.0 | 86 | 82 |
| 12th tied | Hedley ISD | Donley | −3.0 | 92 | 89 |
| 12th tied | Highland Park ISD | Potter | −3.0 | 84 | 81 |
| 12th tied | McLean ISD | Gray | −3.0 | 90 | 87 |
| 12th tied | Vega ISD | Oldham | −3.0 | 93 | 90 |
| 16th | Nazareth ISD | Castro | −2.0 | 97 | 95 |
| 17th tied | Bushland ISD | Potter | −1.0 | 90 | 89 |
| 17th tied | Canyon ISD | Randall | −1.0 | 88 | 87 |
| 17th tied | Clarendon ISD | Donley | −1.0 | 80 | 79 |
| 17th tied | Dalhart ISD | Dallam | −1.0 | 74 | 73 |
| 17th tied | Hartley ISD | Hartley | −1.0 | 95 | 94 |
| 22nd tied | Childress ISD | Childress | ±0.0 | 81 | 81 |
| 22nd tied | Gruver ISD | Hansford | ±0.0 | 94 | 94 |
| 24th tied | Adrian ISD | Oldham | +1.0 | 89 | 90 |
| 24th tied | Canadian ISD | Hemphill | +1.0 | 92 | 93 |
| 24th tied | Fort Elliott CISD | Wheeler | +1.0 | 86 | 87 |
| 24th tied | Happy ISD | Swisher | +1.0 | 89 | 90 |
| 24th tied | Lefors ISD | Gray | +1.0 | 69 | 70 |
| 24th tied | Panhandle ISD | Carson | +1.0 | 89 | 90 |
| 24th tied | Turkey-Quitaque ISD | Hall | +1.0 | 94 | 95 |
| 31st tied | Borger ISD | Hutchinson | +2.0 | 76 | 78 |
| 31st tied | Channing ISD | Hartley | +2.0 | 80 | 82 |
| 31st tied | Dimmitt ISD | Castro | +2.0 | 75 | 77 |
| 31st tied | Hereford ISD | Deaf Smith | +2.0 | 69 | 71 |
| 31st tied | Miami ISD | Roberts | +2.0 | 91 | 93 |
| 31st tied | Silverton ISD | Briscoe | +2.0 | 91 | 93 |
| 31st tied | Wheeler ISD | Wheeler | +2.0 | 86 | 88 |
| 38th tied | Hart ISD | Castro | +3.0 | 78 | 81 |
| 38th tied | Shamrock ISD | Wheeler | +3.0 | 75 | 78 |
| 38th tied | Sunray Collegiate ISD | Moore | +3.0 | 82 | 85 |
| 41st | Dumas ISD | Moore | +4.0 | 81 | 85 |
| 42nd tied | Amarillo ISD | Potter | +5.0 | 80 | 85 |
| 42nd tied | Farwell ISD | Parmer | +5.0 | 84 | 89 |
| 42nd tied | Kelton ISD | Wheeler | +5.0 | 77 | 82 |
| 42nd tied | Pampa ISD | Gray | +5.0 | 71 | 76 |
| 42nd tied | River Road ISD | Potter | +5.0 | 75 | 80 |
| 47th tied | Wellington ISD | Collingsworth | +6.0 | 83 | 89 |
| 47th tied | White Deer ISD | Carson | +6.0 | 80 | 86 |
| 49th | Texhoma ISD | Sherman | +7.0 | 86 | 93 |
| 50th tied | Memphis ISD | Hall | +8.0 | 77 | 85 |
| 50th tied | Sanford-Fritch ISD | Hutchinson | +8.0 | 71 | 79 |
| 50th tied | Stratford ISD | Sherman | +8.0 | 80 | 88 |
| 50th tied | Texline ISD | Dallam | +8.0 | 85 | 93 |
| 54th tied | Lazbuddie ISD | Parmer | +9.0 | 81 | 90 |
| 54th tied | Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips CISD | Hutchinson | +9.0 | 82 | 91 |
| 56th tied | Tulia ISD | Swisher | +10.0 | 61 | 71 |
| 56th tied | Wildorado ISD | Oldham | +10.0 | 83 | 93 |
| 58th | Kress ISD | Swisher | +14.0 | 69 | 83 |
| 59th | Claude ISD | Armstrong | +17.0 | 79 | 96 |
The other end, and the other lists
The other end of this list: Region 16: Amarillo school districts with the largest overall score gains. Both ends are published, because a site that prints only the flattering half of an ordering is advertising.
Other rankings of Region 16: Amarillo school districts
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Where this comes from
Every figure in this table comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA publishes the ratings; it does not publish this ordering. This site is unofficial and is not affiliated with TEA. How this site works records the snapshot this page was built from and what this site does and does not verify about it.
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