📍 219 Crandall Rd, Irving, Dallas County, 75060
Lamar Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Irving, Dallas County. The school has 670 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Eric Ogle. It is part of the Irving Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lamar Middle enrolls 670 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Hispanic or Latino, 11% White and 5.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 513 | 77% |
| White | 75 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 5.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 29 | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
583 of the school's 670 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 567 qualify for free lunch and 16 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 Middle 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-60, state senate district 9, state house district 105.
Lamar Middle is one of 40 schools in IRVING ISD, based in IRVING, Texas. The district serves 30,767 students district-wide and employs 2,143 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 670 students, Lamar Middle is close to the district average of about 769 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large