North Lamar Independent School District enrolled 2,395 students in the 2024-25 school year, a 1% increase from 2,372 the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Among the student body, 51.9% were boys and 48.1% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were white (1,646), representing 68.7% of the district’s total enrollment. Hispanic students were the second-largest group, totaling 352 students (14.7%).
The grade level with the highest enrollment was ninth grade, with 198 students enrolled that year, accounting for 8.3% of the total student body.
The district covers five schools, and has a central office in Paris.
Texas has the nation’s second-largest K-12 public school system, serving about 5.5 million students with a student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 15:1.
About 42,103 teachers in Texas, or 12% of the state’s 352,234 teachers, did not hold an active teaching certificate during the 2024-25 school year, according to a report from the Texas Education Agency. The share of uncertified teachers has increased from 3.8% in the 2019-20 school year.
A 2026 study by WalletHub classified Texas as one of the least-educated states in the U.S., ranking it 41st out of 50 in educational quality and student outcomes.
| School | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|
| North Lamar High School | 705 |
| Bailey Intermediate School | 593 |
| Frank Stone Middle School | 521 |
| W. L. Higgins Elementary School | 330 |
| Aaron Parker Elementary School | 246 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
