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Lamar High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1900 Thunder Drive
Lamar, CO 81052
Phone
(719) 336-3488
District
Lamar School District No. Re-2
County
PROWERS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
445
Classroom Teachers
26

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

5

(10 is best)

Better than 43.0% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Lamar High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
44%
44%
50%
28%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
16
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 113 25.4%
Grade 10 100 22.5%
Grade 11 119 26.7%
Grade 12 113 25.4%
Total 445 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 38.4% 37.4% 53.6%
Black 0.2% 0.5% 4.9%
Hispanic 60.9% 61.5% 37.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.3% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.2% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 59.1% 67.7% 38.7%
Free lunch eligible 50.3% 58.0% 31.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.8% 9.7% 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 9,104 5,839,926
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 13.3 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.4% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.2% 18.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.6% 36.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.9% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 15.9% 14.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,374 2,278,044
Single Parent Households With Children 9.6% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.2% 92.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.5% 43.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.6% 24.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.6% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.3% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.0% 15.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 22.9% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.9% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 11.7% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,480 $8,341,000 54.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $386 $587,000 3.9%
Staff $396 $602,000 4.0%
General Administration $267 $406,000 2.7%
School Administration $675 $1,027,000 6.8%
Operation $1,120 $1,705,000 11.2%
Transportation $200 $305,000 2.0%
Other $208 $316,000 2.1%
Total Support $3,251 $4,948,000 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,261 $1,920,000 12.6%
Total Expenditures $9,993 $15,209,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,644 $5,785,874,000 42.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $874 $761,220,000 5.6%
Staff $718 $624,884,000 4.6%
General Administration $235 $204,477,000 1.5%
School Administration $930 $810,034,000 5.9%
Operation $1,222 $1,064,273,000 7.8%
Transportation $313 $272,720,000 2.0%
Other $989 $861,569,000 6.3%
Total Support $5,281 $4,599,177,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,809 $3,316,801,000 24.2%
Total Expenditures $15,734 $13,701,852,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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