LAMAR EL

LAMAR EL, a tight-knit elementary school in DENISON, Texas, part of DENISON ISD, educates 425 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Within DENISON ISD, which oversees 10 schools and 4,977 students, LAMAR EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, LAMAR EL shows that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Grayson County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAMAR EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.1%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Around the school, Grayson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,182 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Grayson County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students), LAMAR EL is one campus in the mix.

PATHWAYS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAMAR EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAMAR EL has decreased 3%, going from 440 students in 2018 to 425 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 56% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.