LAMAR EL

LAMAR EL operates as a medium-sized primary school in GREENVILLE, Texas, run under GREENVILLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 508 students spanning grades K through 4.

Across the 11 schools in GREENVILLE ISD (5,664 students total), LAMAR EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, LAMAR EL logs that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 32% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Hunt County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LAMAR EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LAMAR EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Hunt County's rate of about 61%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAMAR EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hunt County indicate median household income runs about $71,938, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Hunt County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,771 students), of which LAMAR EL is one.

The closest other public school is BOWIE EL, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LAMAR EL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 651 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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