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LOMAX EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LOMAX EL
LOMAX EL is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in LA PORTE, Texas, operated by LA PORTE ISD, with 512 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
LOMAX EL is one of 13 schools operated by LA PORTE ISD, a district that hosts 7,099 students overall.
In terms of who attends, LOMAX EL records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 45% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.
Looking at school resources, LOMAX EL records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, LOMAX EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.8%; this one delivers 52.5%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LOMAX EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
LOMAX J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LOMAX EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LOMAX EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.8%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Five-year trend. LOMAX EL's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 486 (now 512). Class-load math has loosened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the LOMAX EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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