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CARMONA-HARRISON EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
About CARMONA-HARRISON EL
Located at 1910 CESAR E CHAVEZ DR, in LUBBOCK, Texas, CARMONA-HARRISON EL is a mid-sized elementary school that instructs 578 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by LUBBOCK ISD.
LUBBOCK ISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 24,237 students; CARMONA-HARRISON EL is among them.
On demographics, CARMONA-HARRISON EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder is composed of 13% Black, 6% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lubbock County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
With demographic context factored in, CARMONA-HARRISON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.2%; this one delivers 29.7%.
In the broader community, census data for Lubbock County shows median household income runs about $64,155, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Lubbock County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students), of which CARMONA-HARRISON EL is one.
The closest other public school is CAVAZOS MIDDLE, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARMONA-HARRISON EL. On composite proficiency, CARMONA-HARRISON EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lubbock County at a glance
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