Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830001697
Lamar Elementary School
1440 E CLIFF DR, EL PASO, TX 79902 · (915) 351-3200 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
251 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 30.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 29.0% | 30.0% | 20.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 21.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lamar Elementary School
Lamar Elementary School's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Elementary School this school | 265 | 94.7% | 44.8% |
| Cardenas Center SAN ANTONIO | 264 | 95.5% | N/A |
| Jefferson Elementary School HARLINGEN | 259 | 94.2% | 27.1% |
| Falfurrias Elementary School FALFURRIAS | 251 | 93.6% | 31.4% |
| Rosendo Benavides Elementary School SULLIVAN CITY | 267 | 95.5% | 32.5% |
| Stafford Center SAN ANTONIO | 255 | 96.1% | N/A |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lamar Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,984 of 4,401 | #69 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,746 of 4,466 ▼ 1,044 | #58 of 133 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,007 of 4,466 ▼ 1,591 | #112 of 133 ▼ 70 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.0pp | #342 of 3,998 | #6 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #4,377 of 4,938 | #128 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #76 of 4,622 | #3 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.9% | #4,284 of 4,628 | #102 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.7% | #552 of 4,789 | #11 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.8% | #259 of 2,838 | #16 of 93 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
265
-36 (-12%) vs 2020
-77% since 1990-91, when it was 1,173
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 265 | 25.1 | 10.6:1 | 95% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 20.3 | 14.0:1 | 94% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 24.4 | 11.1:1 | 96% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 301 | 24 | 12.5:1 | 97% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 30.7 | 13.7:1 | 95% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 92% (507) |
| 2010-11 | 673 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 94% (633) |
| 2000-01 | 700 | 47 | 14.9:1 | 96% (673) |
| 1990-91 | 1,173 | 64 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lamar Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (419 to 265); teachers down 18% (30.7 to 25.1).
About Lamar Elementary School
Lamar Elementary School is one of the public schools in EL PASO, Texas. It is a small elementary school. The school enrolls 265 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 49% smaller than that.
Within EL PASO ISD, Lamar Elementary School is one of 76 schools. The district enrolls 48,118 students.
The large majority of students at Lamar Elementary School, 97%, are Hispanic. The school's Hispanic share is 14 points above the 83% share among El Paso County residents. Lamar Elementary School has a diversity index of 6%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Lamar Elementary School, 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.6:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 95% of enrollment. Among public schools in El Paso County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lamar Elementary School is 11.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 44.8%. Predicted: 33.2%.
In El Paso County (population about 870,779), median household income is about $59,806, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. A total of 273 public schools operate in El Paso County, serving about 165,404 students.
About Face Program Elementary School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Lamar Elementary School places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Lamar Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 12%, from 301 to 265. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.5:1 to 10.6:1 over the same years.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Chapin High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- El Paso High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Hornedo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,442 students
- Don Haskins PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Lamar Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lamar Elementary. Lamar Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 16.
- Lamar Elementary SchoolTHE WOODLANDS, TX · 759 students
- Lamar Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 604 students
- Lamar Elementary SchoolSAN ANGELO, TX · 579 students
- Lamar Elementary SchoolDEL RIO, TX · 547 students
- Lamar Elementary SchoolGREENVILLE, TX · 508 students
Nearby schools
- About Face Program Elementary School0.0 mi · 3
- Wiggs Middle School0.1 mi · 943
- El Paso High School0.6 mi · 1,636
- Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy0.7 mi · 443
- El Paso Leadership Academy0.9 mi · 181
- Moreno Montessori1.0 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About Lamar Elementary SchoolHow large is Lamar Elementary School?
Lamar Elementary School enrolls approximately 265 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lamar Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lamar Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lamar Elementary School have?
Lamar Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
How diverse is Lamar Elementary School?
Lamar Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Lamar Elementary School?
Lamar Elementary School is overseen by EL PASO ISD in El Paso County.
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