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Enrollment
1,204
Middle
DISTRICT 1,013 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679003020
Lamar Middle School
1818 N ARKANSAS AVE, LAREDO, TX 78043 · (956) 273-6200 · Webb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,204 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,139 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 399 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 379 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 426 | 35% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Middle School
Lamar Middle School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Middle School this school | 1,204 | 94.6% | 38.8% |
| Betty Harwell Middle School EDINBURG | 1,301 | 94.9% | 37.7% |
| Santa Fe Middle School CLEVELAND | 1,117 | 96.2% | 16.9% |
| Memorial Middle School EDINBURG | 1,045 | 90.9% | 43.1% |
| Christen Middle School LAREDO | 1,115 | 99.4% | 40.3% |
| Bel Air Middle School EL PASO | 1,002 | 90.3% | 40.6% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #992 of 1,635 | #17 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #939 of 1,670 ▲ 112 | #13 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #701 of 1,670 ▲ 251 | #10 of 18 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.0pp | #147 of 1,570 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,204 | #122 of 1,749 | #1 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #817 of 1,542 | #8 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.7% | #1,521 of 1,543 | #12 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #121 of 1,648 | #5 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #559 of 942 | #10 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,204
-186 (-13%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,438
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 1,204 | 81.4 | 14.8:1 | 95% (1,139) |
| 2023-24 | 1,256 | 79.7 | 15.8:1 | 93% (1,165) |
| 2022-23 | 1,341 | 82.4 | 16.3:1 | 96% (1,293) |
| 2020-21 | 1,390 | 82 | 16.9:1 | 94% (1,312) |
| 2017-18 | 1,369 | 78.1 | 17.5:1 | 96% (1,315) |
| 2015-16 | 1,314 | 77 | 17.1:1 | 100% (1,311) |
| 2010-11 | 1,327 | 92 | 14.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,262 | 81 | 15.6:1 | 79% (1,000) |
| 1990-91 | 1,438 | 75 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lamar Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,369 to 1,204); teachers up 4% (78.1 to 81.4).
About Lamar Middle School
Students in LAREDO, Texas, attend Lamar Middle School, a large middle school. Its 1,204 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students.
LAREDO ISD includes 30 schools. Together they enroll 20,271 students.
Federal enrollment data show Lamar Middle School is 100% Hispanic. Lamar Middle School's diversity index is 1%, against a US figure of 70%.
Lamar Middle School employs 81.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.8:1. That is close to the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Lamar Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 95%. The rate at public schools in Webb County averages 83%, lower than here.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Lamar Middle School would be expected to post about 33.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.8%.
Lamar Middle School is located in Webb County, where the median household income is $63,058, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. Lamar Middle School is one of 95 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Ryan Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Lamar Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Lamar Middle School is 6th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 186 students since 2020-21, to 1,204. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.9 to 14.8 over 4 years.
The Lamar Middle School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Webb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,294
Census ACS
Median income
$63,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
63,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAREDO ISD
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
- Dr Leo Cigarroa High SchoolHigh · 1,379 students
- Christen Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
- Joaquin Cigarroa Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,053 students
- Ryan Elementary SchoolElementary · 834 students
Other schools in LAREDO
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- United South High SchoolHigh · 3,252 students
- Lyndon B JohnsonHigh · 3,240 students
- John B Alexander High SchoolHigh · 3,171 students
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
Other Lamar Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lamar Middle. Lamar Middle School is the largest of the 8.
- Lamar Middle SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 1,109 students
- Lamar Middle SchoolFLOWER MOUND, TX · 716 students
- Lamar Middle SchoolIRVING, TX · 676 students
- Lamar Middle SchoolTEMPLE, TX · 553 students
- LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOLLAMAR, AR · 294 students
Nearby schools
- Ryan Elementary School0.3 mi · 834
- D D Hachar Elementary School0.5 mi · 443
- Premier H S of Laredo0.5 mi · 138
- Texasworks - Laredo0.5 mi · 57
- Milton Elementary School1.1 mi · 651
- Nixon High School1.1 mi · 2,124
Frequently asked questions
About Lamar Middle SchoolHow large is Lamar Middle School?
Lamar Middle School enrolls approximately 1,204 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lamar Middle School serve?
Lamar Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lamar Middle School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Lamar Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Lamar Middle School?
Student demographics at Lamar Middle School are roughly 0% White, 100% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
What district is Lamar Middle School in?
Lamar Middle School is part of LAREDO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.