LAMAR EL

Located at 201 PARLAND PL, in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, LAMAR EL is a close-knit primary school that serves 315 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within SAN ANTONIO ISD. That puts it 39% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 100 schools in SAN ANTONIO ISD (47,623 students total), LAMAR EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, LAMAR EL lists that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 19% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, LAMAR EL reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 70% of students at LAMAR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAMAR EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which LAMAR EL is one.

The closest other public school is CELEBRATE DYSLEXIA SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAMAR EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count shrank 14%: 366 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2024.

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