Middle · Arkansas
Lamar Middle School
Free meals for allLamar Middle School, a public middle school in Lamar, Arkansas: grades 6–8, 294 students, 14.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lamar School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 294
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 51% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 13.9 · 215 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 55% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 71% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 439 · 215 schools compared
Smaller than 76% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Arkansas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Arkansas: 35%28%proficient
A lower share proficient than 68% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 33% · 214 middle schools compared
301 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Arkansas: 39%35%proficient
A lower share proficient than 57% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 38% · 214 middle schools compared
282 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Lamar School District
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lamar School District.
Location
- Address
- 301 Elberta Street, Lamar, AR 72846
- Phone
- (479)885-6511
- City or town
- Lamar
- County
- Johnson County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–7 | 370 | 14.6 | 25% | 30% | |
| 5–8 | 375 | 13.8 | 39% | 41% | |
| 5 | 436 | 15.4 | 46% | 47% | |
| 6–7 | 795 | 13.4 | 33% | 39% | |
Paris Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 278 | 10.1 | 35% | 41% |
| 6–7 | 266 | 15.7 | 27% | 44% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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