LASARA EL

As an intimate elementary school in LASARA, Texas, LASARA EL enrolls 238 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of LASARA ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 54% below typical.

LASARA ISD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 343 students; LASARA EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, LASARA EL shows that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 2% White. By comparison, Willacy County as a whole is about 87% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, LASARA EL lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LASARA EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Willacy County (around 81%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, LASARA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 26.4%, a residual of -8.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Willacy County indicate median household earnings sit near $54,180, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Willacy County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,889 students), of which LASARA EL is one.

LASARA H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LASARA EL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 298 students in 2018 compared to 238 in 2025.

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