📍 301 Waters Ave, Del Rio, Val Verde County, 78840
Lamar el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Del Rio, Val Verde County. The school has 436 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cynthia Sahagun. It is part of the San Felipe-Del Rio Cisd school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lamar el enrolls 436 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 429 | 98% |
| White | 5 | 1.1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
394 of the school's 436 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 384 qualify for free lunch and 10 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 a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 19, state house district 74.
Lamar el is one of 14 schools in SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD, based in DEL RIO, Texas. The district serves 9,767 students district-wide and employs 575 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 436 students, Lamar el is smaller than the district average of about 698 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote