NYOS LAMAR EL

Located at 12333 N LAMAR BLVD, in AUSTIN, Texas, NYOS LAMAR EL is a sizable primary school that educates 858 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by NYOS CHARTER SCHOOL. That puts it 65% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

NYOS CHARTER SCHOOL comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 1,667 students; NYOS LAMAR EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NYOS LAMAR EL lists that 32% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 30% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 13% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, The school lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at NYOS LAMAR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NYOS LAMAR EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 53.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household income runs about $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), NYOS LAMAR EL is one campus in the mix.

NYOS LAMAR SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, NYOS LAMAR EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

The school occupies an urban site. NYOS LAMAR EL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 142%: 355 students in 2018 compared to 858 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 12% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for NYOS LAMAR EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.