Summary:
In zip code 78561, there is a single elementary school, Lasara Elementary, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade in the rural community of Lasara, Texas.
Lasara Elementary is a small school with 238 students and is part of the Lasara Independent School District (Isd). The school faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10% of Texas elementary schools over the past three years, with a state percentile ranking between the 3rd and 9th percentile. A very high percentage of students (89.5%) qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a highly economically disadvantaged student body. Despite this, the school spends a notable $14,486 per student and maintains a low student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1, suggesting that financial resources and smaller class sizes alone have not yet translated into strong academic outcomes. Overall proficiency in Reading and Math for the 2025-2026 school year is below state averages across most tested grades, with Reading proficiency ranging from 26.92% to 50% and Math proficiency from 16.67% to 58.33%.
There are some bright spots and areas of concern. The school's strongest performance is in 8th grade, where students outperformed the state average in both Math (58.33% vs. 47.24%) and Social Studies (53.33% vs. 31.69%) in 2025-2026. However, performance is inconsistent across grades and subjects; for example, 5th grade Science had a 0% proficiency rate in the 2024-2025 school year. While there were signs of improvement in some areas, such as 3rd grade Reading rising from 25.93% to 36.36% between school years, the overall pattern shows a school grappling with the profound challenges of high poverty, where even significant spending and small classes have not yet closed the achievement gap with the rest of the state.
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