Lamar County Head Start

Lamar County Head Start is a very small elementary school in Texas, with an address in PARIS. The school teaches pre-K and enrolls 206 students. The school is 60% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.

Lamar County Head Start reports to PARIS ISD, which has 8 schools and 3,832 students.

Black students account for 43% of enrollment at Lamar County Head Start, more than any other group. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 19% White, and 14% multiracial. Among people living in Lamar County, the Black share is about 12%. The diversity index for Lamar County Head Start is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Teacher count: 9.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 20.9:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 5.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. The 61% average for public schools in Lamar County is 39 points lower.

For Lamar County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $61,880, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. The county has 21 public schools and about 8,516 students.

Givens Early Childhood Center is less than a tenth of a mile from Lamar County Head Start, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Lamar County Head Start holds at least 8 other public schools.

For locale, NCES codes Lamar County Head Start as Town: Remote.

Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 15 students, from 191 to 206. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 17.4:1 to 20.9:1.

This page is set up for the Lamar County Head Start community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.