Lamar Elementary Primary School
1100 Mclarry Rd
Harlingen TX, 78550, Cameron County
Phone: 956-427-3130
Ranking:
(3,196 out of 6,018, bottom 47%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 37 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 37 | |||||||
Total Students: | 667 | 607 | 619 | 623 | 661 | 660 | 634 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 92 | 13.8% | 71 | 11.7% | 83 | 13.4% | 73 | 11.7% | 62 | 9.4% | 71 | 10.8% | 73 | 11.5% |
Kindergarten: | 87 | 13.0% | 76 | 12.5% | 75 | 12.1% | 72 | 11.6% | 88 | 13.3% | 85 | 12.9% | 99 | 15.6% |
Grade 1: | 94 | 14.1% | 86 | 14.2% | 90 | 14.5% | 109 | 17.5% | 99 | 15.0% | 111 | 16.8% | 73 | 11.5% |
Grade 2: | 87 | 13.0% | 87 | 14.3% | 105 | 17.0% | 87 | 14.0% | 118 | 17.9% | 86 | 13.0% | 120 | 18.9% |
Grade 3: | 99 | 14.8% | 101 | 16.6% | 84 | 13.6% | 98 | 15.7% | 80 | 12.1% | 108 | 16.4% | 110 | 17.4% |
Grade 4: | 109 | 16.3% | 91 | 15.0% | 94 | 15.2% | 83 | 13.3% | 107 | 16.2% | 104 | 15.8% | 85 | 13.4% |
Grade 5: | 99 | 14.8% | 95 | 15.7% | 88 | 14.2% | 101 | 16.2% | 107 | 16.2% | 95 | 14.4% | 74 | 11.7% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 330 | 49.5% | 300 | 49.4% | 296 | 47.8% | 325 | 52.2% | 341 | 51.6% | 343 | 52.0% | 347 | 54.7% |
Female: | 337 | 50.5% | 307 | 50.6% | 323 | 52.2% | 298 | 47.8% | 312 | 47.2% | 309 | 46.8% | 283 | 44.6% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.6% | 7 | 1.1% |
Hispanic: | 625 | 93.7% | 573 | 94.4% | 572 | 92.4% | 577 | 92.6% | 618 | 93.5% | 623 | 94.4% | 592 | 93.4% |
Black: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.8% |
White: | 39 | 5.8% | 31 | 5.1% | 41 | 6.6% | 43 | 6.9% | 36 | 5.4% | 31 | 4.7% | 30 | 4.7% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 537 | 80.5% | 498 | 82.0% | 489 | 79.0% | 486 | 78.0% | 523 | 79.1% | 512 | 77.6% | 490 | 77.3% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 49 | 7.3% | 31 | 5.1% | 49 | 7.9% | 45 | 7.2% | 63 | 9.5% | 53 | 8.0% | 58 | 9.1% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.02 | 16.63 | 17.18 | 16.24 | 18.10 | 17.80 | 17.30 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
STAAR | ||||||
2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83% | 62% | 68% |
2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69% | 70% | 69% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84% | 71% | 76% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89% | 74% | 79% |
2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 61% | 67% | 68% |
2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 51% | 65% | 68% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70% | 76% | 77% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 69% | 64% | 72% |
2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 66% | 72% | 71% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 76% | 69% | 71% |
2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 71% | 72% | 77% |
2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 71% | 75% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 71% | 73% | 77% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 73% | 76% | 77% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 69% | 73% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 61% | 71% | 73% |
TAKS | ||||||
2004 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92% | 89% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 79% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88% | 80% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89% | 81% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82% | 84% | N/A |
2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82% | 83% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94% | 89% | N/A |
2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89% | 87% | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93% | 91% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91% | 91% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | 91% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93% | 92% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95% | 94% | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93% | 92% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92% | 91% | N/A |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92% | 88% | N/A |
2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 95% | 86% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 91% | 80% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 87% | 81% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 95% | 84% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 85% | N/A |
2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 84% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 93% | 90% | N/A |
2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 88% | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88% | 86% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79% | 76% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 80% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84% | 81% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 82% | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86% | 83% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82% | 84% | N/A |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79% | 82% | N/A |
2004 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 95% | 92% | N/A |
2005 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 97% | 92% | N/A |
2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 96% | 94% | N/A |
2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 97% | 93% | N/A |
2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 99% | 91% | N/A |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 94% | 93% | N/A |
2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 95% | 93% | N/A |
2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 92% | N/A |
2004 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 85% | 83% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 96% | 89% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 88% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 91% | 91% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 89% | N/A |
2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 89% | 89% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 93% | 93% | N/A |
2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 91% | 93% | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 70% | 74% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 85% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89% | 84% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84% | 88% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87% | 89% | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86% | 89% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94% | 92% | N/A |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 92% | N/A |
2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 65% | 63% | N/A |
2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 69% | 61% | N/A |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 78% | 73% | N/A |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74% | 78% | N/A |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 81% | 84% | N/A |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74% | 84% | N/A |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 95% | 90% | N/A |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82% | 89% | N/A |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 94.3% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | NA |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 15.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 17.1% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 82.9% |
Mean Base Salary: | $45,193.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $37,617.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $46,761.0 |
* Lamar Elementary Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.