Melvin Hendrickson Development Center

Students in LAMAR, Colorado, attend Melvin Hendrickson Development Center, a small elementary school. The student body numbers 122 students, from pre-K. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379, so this school runs 68% smaller than that.

Lamar School District No. Re-2 oversees Melvin Hendrickson Development Center and 5 other schools, with 1,397 students in total.

Hispanic students are the majority at Melvin Hendrickson Development Center, with 59% of enrollment. It is also 39% White. Prowers County's residents are about 41% Hispanic, 19 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Melvin Hendrickson Development Center operates with 2.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 56.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Colorado have 16.6:1, compared with 56.5:1 here. Melvin Hendrickson Development Center reports 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Prowers County average 69%.

Within Prowers County, the median household income is $53,508, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Melvin Hendrickson Development Center, Prowers County has 10 other public schools.

Nearest public school: Lamar High School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles are 5 other public schools.

Melvin Hendrickson Development Center falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.

Over 4 years, Melvin Hendrickson Development Center's enrollment climbed 6%, to 122. The number of students per teacher rose from 38.3 to 56.5 over 4 years.

The Melvin Hendrickson Development Center community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.