📍 1818 N Arkansas Ave, Laredo, Webb County, 78043
Lamar Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Laredo, Webb County. The school has 1,341 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melissa Valdez. It is part of the Laredo Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 82.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lamar Middle enrolls 1,341 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 82.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino, <1% Asian and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,338 | 100% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,293 of the school's 1,341 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 1,229 qualify for free lunch and 64 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 21, state house district 42.
Lamar Middle is one of 30 schools in LAREDO ISD, based in LAREDO, Texas. The district serves 20,271 students district-wide and employs 1,415 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,341 students, Lamar Middle is larger than the district average of about 676 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large