High · Texas

Lamar Academy

AlternativeFree meals for all

Lamar Academy, a public high school in Mcallen, Texas: grades 10–12, 47 students, 5.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mcallen ISD.

Size and class size

Compared with high 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: 47
Teachers (FTE): 8.0
Students per teacher: 5.9
Grades: 10–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of high schools in Texas

Median 13.8 · 1,941 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 95% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 82% of high schools in Texas

Median 365 · 2,123 schools compared

Smaller than 89% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 10–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Mcallen ISD

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mcallen ISD.

Location

Address: 1009 N 10TH St, Mcallen, TX 78501
Phone: (956)632-3222
City or town: McAllen
County: Hidalgo County

Website Quality of life in McAllen Schools in McAllen

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Triumph Public High Schools-McallenCharterAlternative	9–12	118	16.9	0.7 mi
Memorial H SFree meals for all	9–12	2,021	13.1	0.8 mi
Mcallen H SFree meals for all	9–12	2,134	14.3	1.1 mi
Achieve Early College H SFree meals for all	9–12	428	12.9	1.3 mi
Instr/Guid CenterAlternativeFree meals for all	6–11	60	5.5	1.6 mi
Southwest Key ProgramAlternative	9	1	—	2.0 mi

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).

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.

NCES 482967021346