📍 3261 Highway 81 South, Jonesborough, Washington County, 37659
Lamar Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jonesborough, Washington County. The school has 421 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Washington County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lamar Elementary enrolls 421 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% White, 5.2% Two or more races and 4.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 379 | 90% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 4.3% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lamar Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-10, state senate district 3, state house district 7.
Lamar Elementary is one of 16 schools in Washington County, based in Jonesborough, Tennessee. The district serves 7,969 students district-wide and employs 561 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 421 students, Lamar Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 498 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe