Lamar Jh, Rosenberg TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Lamar Jh

Lamar Junior High sits on Mustang Avenue in Rosenberg, serving sixth through eighth graders in Lamar Consolidated ISD. It is a mid-to-large campus for its grade band, drawing from a city that has grown rapidly and continues to build out. The student body is majority Hispanic, with Black and white students also present in meaningful shares and a smaller Asian population. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which gives the campus a high-need economic profile. English learner and special education counts were not available in the data.

The STAAR results here require honest description. Across reading and language arts, roughly half of students in each grade reached proficiency, with sixth grade performing somewhat better than seventh and eighth. Math tells a more divided story: sixth and eighth graders reached proficiency at rates that, while modest, are at least in the same neighborhood as the ELA results. Seventh-grade math, however, was strikingly low, with only a small fraction of students meeting the standard. Whether that reflects a cohort pattern, a curriculum transition, or something else is not explained by the data, and a parent would want to ask the school directly about what is being done at that grade level. Eighth-grade science and social studies proficiency both sat below the math and ELA numbers, with social studies the weakest result across the board. Looking at the Texas performance framework, the share reaching the "Masters" level districtwide was quite small across subjects, meaning deep mastery is uncommon even among students who pass.

When placed against the districts in Fort Bend County, Lamar JH's overall proficiency index falls in the bottom quartile of that comparison set. Fort Bend County contains some well-resourced suburban districts, so the gap is worth naming plainly without overstating what it means for any individual student. Trend data was only available for the most recent year, so there is no multi-year picture to indicate whether results are improving or declining.

The community around the school is in genuine motion. Rosenberg sits about twenty-five miles southwest of Houston and has shifted from a historically blue-collar rail and shipping town to a city absorbing wave after wave of master-planned residential development. The employer base spans logistics and distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail, with major distribution operations publicly reported as anchoring the local economy. Seabourne Creek Nature Park provides the city's most substantial green space, and downtown Rosenberg holds a walkable strip of restored storefronts, restaurants, and the Rosenberg Railroad Museum, the only state-designated Cultural District in Fort Bend County. Beyond that core, the city is car-dependent.

On the district side, families should know that Lamar CISD is one of the fastest-growing districts in Texas. Voters approved major bond packages in both 2022 and 2025 to fund new campuses, technology, and a dedicated Career and Technical Education center expected to open in fall 2026 with pathways in health science, culinary, automotive, robotics, construction trades, and more. That CTE center will serve high schoolers districtwide and is worth tracking for families thinking ahead to what comes after junior high. The district also rezones attendance boundaries regularly as new campuses open, and families are advised to use the district's address-lookup tool rather than assume current assignments will hold.

Home values near the school are below the Texas statewide median and well below the national median, making the area more accessible than many Houston-area submarkets. Rents have edged up modestly year over year. The price-to-income ratio sits at a level consistent with attainable homeownership, though current mortgage rates affect the practical math for buyers.

For a family weighing Lamar JH, the picture is a school with real academic challenges, particularly in math and science, operating inside a district that is investing heavily in facilities and pathways but is also under strain from rapid growth. The academic gaps are documented and a parent should feel comfortable pressing the school on what targeted support looks like grade by grade.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 53% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 74%

School 4% · District 21% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 41 pts below county median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 56% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 69% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 747%

School 47% · District 62% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 64% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Science

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 54% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 820%

School 20% · District 38% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

This schoolLAMAR CISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income50%Higher-income69%19 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income44%Higher-income52%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income39%Higher-income64%25 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income50%17 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income4%Higher-income4%0 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income31%Higher-income54%23 pp gap