📍 301 Elberta St, Lamar, Johnson County, 72846
Lamar Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lamar, Johnson County. The school has 621 pupils enrolled. The Principal is F. Hughes. It is part of the Lamar School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
Lamar Elementary School enrolls 621 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 548 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 42 | 6.8% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 3.7% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
416 of the school's 621 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lamar Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-40.
Lamar Elementary School is one of 3 schools in LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in LAMAR, Arkansas. The district serves 1,254 students district-wide and employs 116 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 621 students, Lamar Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 418 students per school.
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