LAZBUDDIE SCHOOL

Set in LAZBUDDIE, Texas, LAZBUDDIE SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment K-12 campus, part of LAZBUDDIE ISD. It educates 127 students across grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 74% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

LAZBUDDIE ISD is the operating authority for LAZBUDDIE SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, LAZBUDDIE SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 61%; the rest is composed of 38% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting LAZBUDDIE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, LAZBUDDIE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Parmer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,735 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Parmer County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,164 students), of which LAZBUDDIE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MARY DESHAZO EL, around 13.4 miles off. On composite proficiency, LAZBUDDIE SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAZBUDDIE SCHOOL has edged down 37%, going from 201 students in 2018 to 127 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.