LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 301 ELBERTA STREET, in LAMAR, Arkansas, LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a cozy junior high that teaches 294 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 37% leaner than the state mean of about 464.

Across the 3 schools in LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,254 students total), LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Johnson County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.7%, the actual is 34.9%, a residual of +12.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household income runs about $45,995, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 13 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 4,527 students).

Nearest neighbor: LAMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 34% since 2018, when it stood at 446 (now 294). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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