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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLINGEN CISD·NCES 482253002287
Lamar Elementary School
1100 S M ST, HARLINGEN, TX 78550 · (956) 427-3130 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
355 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 40 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 32.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 27.0% | 24.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 (40.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Elementary School this school | 401 | 88.5% | 40.4% |
| Houston Elementary School MCALLEN | 397 | 87.7% | 42.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School EDINBURG | 400 | 89.3% | 48.5% |
| Pasodale Elementary School EL PASO | 416 | 88.7% | 45.9% |
| Roberto Garate Elementary School MONTE ALTO | 386 | 88.3% | 33.8% |
| Del Valle Elementary School EL PASO | 422 | 90.3% | 46.9% |
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 Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,544 of 4,401 | #64 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,741 of 4,466 ▼ 166 | #77 of 93 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,048 of 4,466 ▲ 84 | #55 of 93 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #873 of 3,998 | #19 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #3,471 of 4,938 | #61 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,680 of 4,622 | #13 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.8% | #4,243 of 4,628 | #41 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #1,226 of 4,789 | #52 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.9% | #278 of 2,838 | #5 of 64 |
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
401
-100 (-20%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 401 | 28.3 | 14.2:1 | 89% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 33.3 | 12.8:1 | 86% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 92% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 90% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 41.4 | 15.1:1 | 89% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 85% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 85% (531) |
| 2000-01 | 651 | 35 | 18.6:1 | 87% (565) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 27 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lamar Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (626 to 401); teachers down 32% (41.4 to 28.3).
About Lamar Elementary School
Families in HARLINGEN, Texas, are served by Lamar Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school counts 401 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
HARLINGEN CISD is made up of 31 schools with 17,506 students in all.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Lamar Elementary School, with 97% of enrollment. Next come 3% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Lamar Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Dividing enrollment by its 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.2:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. Eligible students account for 89% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Lamar Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Lamar Elementary School would be expected to post about 35.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Cameron County, median household income is about $52,601, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 21% of residents are in poverty. Lamar Elementary School is among the 187 public schools in Cameron County.
Jefferson Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Lamar Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 40.4% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 401 was 20% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 501.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Lamar Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARLINGEN CISD
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other schools in HARLINGEN
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other Lamar Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lamar Elementary. Lamar Elementary School is the 10th 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
- Jefferson Elementary School0.4 mi · 259
- Harlingen H S - South0.7 mi · 2,019
- Bowie Elementary School0.8 mi · 335
- Crockett Elementary School1.0 mi · 234
- Houston Elementary School1.2 mi · 420
- Coakley Middle School1.3 mi · 687
Frequently asked questions
About Lamar Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lamar Elementary School?
Lamar Elementary School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lamar Elementary School serve?
Lamar Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lamar Elementary School have?
Lamar Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lamar Elementary School?
At Lamar Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Lamar Elementary School?
Lamar Elementary School is overseen by HARLINGEN CISD in Cameron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.