📍 1440 e Cliff Dr, El Paso, El Paso County, 79902
Lamar el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 271 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Raquel Fierro. It is part of the El Paso Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lamar el enrolls 271 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 3% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 260 | 96% |
| White | 8 | 3% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
260 of the school's 271 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 253 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lamar el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 29, state house district 77.
Lamar el is one of 76 schools in EL PASO ISD, based in EL PASO, Texas. The district serves 48,118 students district-wide and employs 3,506 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 271 students, Lamar el is smaller than the district average of about 633 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large