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LAMAR MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LAMAR MIDDLE
As a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in FLOWER MOUND, Texas, LAMAR MIDDLE serves 716 students from grades 6 through 8, part of LEWISVILLE ISD.
LEWISVILLE ISD runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 47,876 students. LAMAR MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, LAMAR MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, LAMAR MIDDLE has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 24% of students at LAMAR MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAMAR MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.4%, the actual is 63.0%, a residual of -0.4 points.
In the broader community, census data for Denton County shows median household earnings sit near $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), LAMAR MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: PRAIRIE TRAIL EL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAMAR MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, LAMAR MIDDLE comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Five-year trend. LAMAR MIDDLE's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 718 (now 716). White enrollment moved from 58% to 47% across the same window.
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