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LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT

Lamar, Arkansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,254
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
108
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 58
  • Kindergarten 86
  • Grade 1 84
  • Grade 2 81
  • Grade 3 94
  • Grade 4 100
  • Grade 5 87
  • Grade 6 99
  • Grade 7 100
  • Grade 8 95
  • Grade 9 105
  • Grade 10 93
  • Grade 11 86
  • Grade 12 86

By race/ethnicity

  • White 87%
  • Hispanic/Latino 7%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Black or African American 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Asian <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,245 of 1,254 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 99%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,315 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,339
  • Support services $5,210
  • Other (food service, etc.) $766

Where the money comes from

  • Local 24%
  • State 53%
  • Federal 23%

Total revenue $20.4 milliontotal spending $19.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Fringe

Total staff (FTE)

219

District office

301 ELBERTA STREET, Lamar AR 72846

County

Johnson County

Official website

NCES District ID

508700

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About LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Mission&Statement: •Recognizing that parents are full partners with schools in the education of children, Lamar School District encourages and expects parent/guardian and grandparent involvement in the school and,in particular, in the education of their own children. Keeping those expectations in mind, Lamar School District has developed and implemented the Parental Involvement Plan and will wholeheartedly work to endure its impact upon the success of our students.
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