High · Alternative · Grades 10 to 12

Lamar Academy, McAllen, TX

CEP schoolLamar Academy is a public high school in McAllen, part of McAllen ISD. It enrolled 47 students in 2024-25, with 5.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "LAMAR ACADEMY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 47
Teachers (FTE): 8.0
Students per teacher: 5.9
Grades: 10 to 12

This school's ratio is 7.9 lower than the district figure of 13.8. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school5.9

District13.8

Texas15.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1009 N 10th St, McAllen, TX 78501
Phone: (956)632-3222
District: McAllen ISD
County: Hidalgo County
Level: High
Type: Alternative
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: City: Midsize
NCES school ID: 482967021346

Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 41
Reduced-price lunch: 0
Free or reduced-price lunch: 4187.2% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in McAllen ISD

McAllen High School 2,134 students
Memorial High School 2,021 students
Rowe High School 1,905 students
Achieve Early College High School 428 students

High schools elsewhere in McAllen

IDEA McAllen College Preparatory IDEA Public Schools
IDEA Tres Lagos College Preparatory IDEA Public Schools
Triumph Public High Schools-Mcallen Triumph Public High Schools-Rio Grande Valley
Hidalgo Co J J a E P Weslaco ISD
Hidalgo Co J J a E P Donna ISD

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.