📍 1009 N 10th St, Mcallen, Hidalgo County, 78501
Lamar Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Mcallen, Hidalgo County. The school has 87 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Nora Sanchez. It is part of the Mcallen Isd school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.2:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lamar Academy enrolls 87 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 36% male and 64% female. A teaching staff of 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 83 | 95% |
| White | 4 | 4.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
73 of the school's 87 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 73 qualify for free lunch and 0 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 Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 20, state house district 41.
Lamar Academy is one of 30 schools in MCALLEN ISD, based in MCALLEN, Texas. The district serves 19,890 students district-wide and employs 1,505 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 87 students, Lamar Academy is smaller than the district average of about 663 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize