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Enrollment
987
Elementary
DISTRICT 652 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUMBERTON ISD·NCES 481353006967
Lumberton Intermediate School
115 E CANDLESTICK, LUMBERTON, TX 77657 · (409) 923-7581 · Hardin County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL987 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
428 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 316 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 351 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 320 | 32% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LUMBERTON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +48.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 48 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 19.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 10.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Lumberton Intermediate School
Lumberton Intermediate School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumberton Intermediate School this school | 987 | 43.4% | 42.6% |
| Acton Elementary School GRANBURY | 841 | 43.0% | 61.1% |
| Mambrino School GRANBURY | 799 | 45.7% | 52.6% |
| Bridge City Elementary School BRIDGE CITY | 813 | 45.9% | N/A |
| Orangefield Elementary School ORANGEFIELD | 828 | 32.9% | 50.6% |
| Sour Lake Elementary School SOUR LAKE | 720 | 36.5% | 46.6% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Lumberton Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hardin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #2,245 of 4,401 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,126 of 4,466 ▲ 673 | #2 of 6 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,596 of 4,466 ▲ 1,202 | #2 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.0pp | #558 of 3,998 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 987 | #107 of 4,938 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,567 of 4,622 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #3,471 of 4,628 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #3,826 of 4,789 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #658 of 1,307 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
987
+69 (+8%) vs 2020
+38% since 2000-01, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 987 | 60.1 | 16.4:1 | 43% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 987 | 63 | 15.7:1 | 41% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 43.5 | 14.3:1 | 37% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 918 | 59 | 15.6:1 | 36% (326) |
| 2017-18 | 880 | 52.1 | 16.9:1 | 38% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 879 | 51 | 17.2:1 | 26% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 905 | 53 | 17.1:1 | 31% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 716 | 41 | 17.5:1 | 24% (170) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lumberton Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (880 to 987); teachers up 15% (52.1 to 60.1).
About Lumberton Intermediate School
Lumberton Intermediate School is a high-enrollment elementary school in LUMBERTON, Texas. It educates 987 students in grades 3 through 5. The school's enrollment is 90% larger than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
Lumberton Intermediate School is run by LUMBERTON ISD, whose 6 schools enroll 4,108 students.
Lumberton Intermediate School enrolls a student body that is 84% White. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share in Hardin County as a whole is similar, at about 84%. By the diversity index, Lumberton Intermediate School comes in at 29%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1 at Lumberton Intermediate School, with 60.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 43%.
The allk12 Grade for Lumberton Intermediate School is C+. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 37% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Texas, Lumberton Intermediate School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 42.6% actual against a predicted 55.2%.
Across Hardin County, median household income is about $75,808, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Hardin County number 23 and enroll about 10,541.
The closest public school to Lumberton Intermediate School is Lumberton Primary School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Lumberton Intermediate School, there are 5 other public schools. On proficiency, Lumberton Intermediate School is behind the 44.0% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 5.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 918 in 2020-21 and 987 in 2024-25, an 8% rise.
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Hardin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,642
Census ACS
Median income
$75,808
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
10,541 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUMBERTON ISD
- Lumberton High SchoolHigh · 1,232 students
- Lumberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Lumberton Primary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Lumberton Early Childhood SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Hardin Co Alter EdHigh · 1 students
Other schools in LUMBERTON
- Lumberton High SchoolHigh · 1,232 students
- Lumberton Middle SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Lumberton Primary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Lumberton Early Childhood SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Hardin Co Alter EdHigh · 1 students
Nearby schools
- Lumberton Primary School0.3 mi · 574
- Lumberton Early Childhood School1.2 mi · 396
- Lumberton Middle School1.2 mi · 918
- Lumberton High School1.3 mi · 1,232
- Hardin Co Alter Ed1.3 mi · 1
- Edwards-Johnson Memorial Middle School6.1 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About Lumberton Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Lumberton Intermediate School?
Lumberton Intermediate School enrolls approximately 987 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Lumberton Intermediate School serve?
Lumberton Intermediate School serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Lumberton Intermediate School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Lumberton Intermediate School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lumberton Intermediate School?
At Lumberton Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lumberton Intermediate School?
Lumberton Intermediate School is overseen by LUMBERTON ISD in Hardin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.