Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW BRAUNFELS ISD·NCES 483237003594
Lamar Elementary School
240 N CENTRAL AVE, NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78130 · (830) 627-6890 · Comal County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
145 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
76.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 28.0% | 14.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 30.0% | 20.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 76.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 (61.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Elementary School this school | 360 | 40.3% | 61.3% |
| Santa Rita Elementary School SAN ANGELO | 357 | 35.9% | 68.0% |
| Walnut Springs Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 307 | 39.4% | 55.0% |
| Norma Krueger El/Bert Karrer Campus MARION | 387 | 34.9% | 45.5% |
| Seele Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 295 | 40.0% | 60.6% |
| Norma Krueger El-Primary MARION | 398 | 44.2% | 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 Comal County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #702 of 4,401 | #8 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #668 of 4,466 ▲ 279 | #8 of 22 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #437 of 4,466 ▲ 155 | #5 of 22 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +40.5pp | #26 of 3,998 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #3,807 of 4,938 | #17 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #758 of 4,622 | #8 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #1,896 of 4,628 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #3,932 of 4,789 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #2,614 of 2,838 | #9 of 10 |
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
360
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 360 | 27.9 | 12.9:1 | 40% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 28.3 | 12.8:1 | 44% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 44% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 48% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | N/A | N/A | 42% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 27% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 32% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 170 | 13 | 13.1:1 | 59% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 236 | 24 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lamar Elementary School.
About Lamar Elementary School
Federal records list Lamar Elementary School as an elementary school in NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas. It educates 360 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 31% smaller than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
NEW BRAUNFELS ISD has 9,893 students spread across 15 schools.
White students make up a majority at Lamar Elementary School, at 50%. The remaining students are 44% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Comal County is about 71% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.9 students per teacher. That is 2.2 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 40% of students. The 32% average for public schools in Comal County is 8 points lower.
The model predicts 56.5% for a school in Texas with Lamar Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lamar Elementary School posts 61.3%.
Across Comal County, the median household income is $101,889, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Comal County has 49 public schools and roughly 29,653 students.
The next-closest public school is Carl Schurz Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lamar Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 364 to 360. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.0:1 to 12.9:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Lamar Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Comal County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,826
Census ACS
Median income
$101,889
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
29,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW BRAUNFELS ISD
- New Braunfels High SchoolHigh · 1,990 students
- New Braunfels Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- Oakrun Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Veramendi Elementary SchoolElementary · 935 students
- Long Creek High SchoolHigh · 813 students
- Voss Farms Elementary SchoolElementary · 807 students
Other schools in NEW BRAUNFELS
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- New Braunfels High SchoolHigh · 1,990 students
- New Braunfels Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- Canyon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,251 students
- Oakrun Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Veramendi Elementary SchoolElementary · 935 students
Other Lamar Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lamar Elementary. Lamar Elementary School is the 12th 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
- Carl Schurz Elementary School1.3 mi · 308
- Seele Elementary School1.3 mi · 295
- Memorial Early College High School1.4 mi · 291
- Church Hill Middle School1.4 mi · 780
- Comal Academy1.5 mi · 76
- Comal Discipline Center1.5 mi · 47
Frequently asked questions
About Lamar Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lamar Elementary School?
Lamar Elementary School enrolls approximately 360 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 students per teacher at Lamar Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Lamar Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lamar Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lamar Elementary School are roughly 50% White, 44% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lamar Elementary School in?
Lamar Elementary School is part of NEW BRAUNFELS ISD.
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