📍 2011 N Third St, Temple, Bell County, 76501
Lamar Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Temple, Bell County. The school has 520 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michelle Rhodes. It is part of the Temple Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Lamar Middle enrolls 520 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Hispanic or Latino, 25% Black or African American and 22% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 250 | 48% |
| Black or African American | 132 | 25% |
| White | 112 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
358 of the school's 520 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 349 qualify for free lunch and 9 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, Small). 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 24, state house district 55.
Lamar Middle is one of 16 schools in TEMPLE ISD, based in TEMPLE, Texas. The district serves 8,764 students district-wide and employs 617 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 520 students, Lamar Middle is close to the district average of about 548 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small