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What's the one class at LAMESA SCHOOLS every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,484
Combined
STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMESA ISD·NCES 482661002993
LAMESA SCHOOLS
600 N 14TH, LAMESA, TX 79331 · (806) 872-8385 · Dawson County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,484 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
112 FTE teachers
STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
1,157 students
STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
18.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,484
+993 (+202%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.8:1
% White
11%
was 15%
% Hispanic
85%
was 80%
% Black
2%
was 4%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About LAMESA SCHOOLS
LAMESA SCHOOLS is a multi-level school of large scale in LAMESA, Texas, run under LAMESA ISD, caters to 1,484 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so LAMESA SCHOOLS sits 206% bigger than that benchmark.
LAMESA SCHOOLS sits inside LAMESA ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
Demographically, LAMESA SCHOOLS records that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 11% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 56% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, LAMESA SCHOOLS shows 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at LAMESA SCHOOLS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Dawson County's rate of about 68%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAMESA SCHOOLS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.8%; this one comes in at 25.6%, -14.2 points off the demographic line.
Across the wider county, census data for Dawson County shows median household earnings sit near $54,360, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Dawson County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,117 students), LAMESA SCHOOLS is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: KLONDIKE ISD, around 12.4 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAMESA SCHOOLS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.3%.
LAMESA SCHOOLS operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. LAMESA SCHOOLS's enrollment has ticked up 202% since 2018, when it stood at 491 (now 1,484). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 80% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, members of the LAMESA SCHOOLS community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Dawson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,134
Census ACS
Median income
$54,360
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
2,117 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- KLONDIKE ISD12.4 mi · 261
- DAWSON SCHOOL16.1 mi · 140
- O'DONNELL SCHOOL17.2 mi · 253
- SANDS CISD20.8 mi · 232
- LOOP SCHOOL28.9 mi · 150
- BORDEN COUNTY SCHOOL29.7 mi · 249
Frequently asked questions
About LAMESA SCHOOLSHow large is LAMESA SCHOOLS?
LAMESA SCHOOLS enrolls approximately 1,484 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does LAMESA SCHOOLS serve?
LAMESA SCHOOLS serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LAMESA SCHOOLS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LAMESA SCHOOLS is approximately 13.2:1 (112 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAMESA SCHOOLS?
At LAMESA SCHOOLS, the student body is approximately 11% White, 85% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is LAMESA SCHOOLS public or private?
LAMESA SCHOOLS is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAMESA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.