NORTH LAMAR H S

NORTH LAMAR H S operates as a mid-sized 9-12 campus in PARIS, Texas, operated by NORTH LAMAR ISD. Current enrollment sits at 705 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

NORTH LAMAR H S is one of 5 schools operated by NORTH LAMAR ISD, a district that instructs 2,395 students overall.

Looking at the student body, NORTH LAMAR H S logs that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting NORTH LAMAR H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lamar County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH LAMAR H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lamar County shows median household earnings sit near $61,880, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lamar County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,516 students), of which NORTH LAMAR H S is one.

The closest other public school is NORTH LAMAR INT, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTH LAMAR H S. On composite proficiency, NORTH LAMAR H S comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 800 students in 2018 compared to 705 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 82% to 69%. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the NORTH LAMAR H S community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.