Summary:
In zip code 79110, there is one middle school, Fannin Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 in the Amarillo Independent School District (Isd), an area where the school serves a high-poverty community with 78.21% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Fannin Middle has a total enrollment of 592 students and a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. The school has consistently received a 1-star rating over the past three years, with its state percentile rank declining from the 28th percentile in 2024-2025 to the 21st percentile in 2025-2026. A standout strength is its Algebra I program, where 89.36% of students were proficient in 2024-2025 and 79.07% in 2025-2026, dramatically outperforming both the district and state averages. However, this contrasts sharply with a significant weakness in 7th-grade mathematics, where only 9.71% of students were proficient in 2025-2026, roughly one-third of the state average of 29.41%.
Across core subjects, Fannin Middle consistently underperforms district and state averages in Reading, Mathematics (excluding Algebra I), Science, and Social Studies. For example, 8th-grade Reading proficiency was 38.12% in 2025-2026, over 20 percentage points lower than the state average. A concerning trend is the decline in 6th-grade Reading proficiency, dropping from 48.95% to 42.86% over two years. On a positive note, the school has a very low dropout rate of 0.2%, better than the district average of 0.8%, suggesting it effectively retains students through 8th grade despite academic challenges. The school spends $9,211 per student, which may limit resources for improvement given the high poverty rate.
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