LAMAR EL

LAMAR EL is a primary school of tight-knit scale in NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, run under NEW BRAUNFELS ISD, teacheing 360 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

NEW BRAUNFELS ISD comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,893 students; LAMAR EL is among them.

Demographically, LAMAR EL logs that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 44% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LAMAR EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Comal County (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAMAR EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Comal County put median household earnings sit near $101,889, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. LAMAR EL is one of 49 public schools in Comal County (combined enrollment of about 29,653 students).

Nearest neighbor: CARL SCHURZ EL, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAMAR EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAMAR EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 62.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. LAMAR EL's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 360).

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