The top reported proficiency rate is 37% in English language arts. The lowest is 33% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Carmona-harrison El
Carmona-Harrison Elementary sits on Cesar E. Chavez Drive in Lubbock's west side, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade as part of Lubbock ISD. The school draws a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, with a smaller share of Black students and a much smaller share of white students. The vast majority of the enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, making this one of the higher-poverty campuses in the district. English learner counts were not available in the data provided.
On the Texas STAAR assessment, Carmona-Harrison's proficiency rates across tested grades and subjects tell a consistent story: most students are reaching the "approaches grade level" threshold, meaning roughly two-thirds are demonstrating basic grade-level access to the material, but far fewer are clearing the higher "meets" bar, and only a small fraction score at the "masters" level. Looking at individual grades and subjects, third-grade math proficiency is noticeably lower than fourth and fifth, where rates climb somewhat. Reading and writing results follow a similar arc, with fourth and fifth grades showing modestly stronger performance than third. Science data for fifth grade was effectively unavailable due to the very small number of students who took the Spanish-language version of that assessment. Placed against other districts in Lubbock County, the school's overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint of the comparison set. These numbers describe where students are testing right now; a parent who wants to understand the school's instructional approach or support structures in more depth would benefit from a direct conversation with the campus.
One year of state data is available, so there is no trend line to assess whether performance is improving, holding steady, or declining. That is a genuine gap for any family trying to gauge trajectory.
The neighborhood around the school reflects the economics of its student population. Home values in the surrounding ZIP code are well below both the Texas and national median, and rents are correspondingly modest. The price-to-income ratio is low enough that homeownership is meaningfully more accessible here than in most of the country. Year-over-year values have dipped slightly. For a family weighing housing costs alongside school choice, this corner of Lubbock offers affordability that is hard to find in most Texas metros.
Lubbock itself is a mid-sized West Texas city built around Texas Tech University, a large healthcare sector anchored by Covenant Health and University Medical Center, and agriculture. The city is largely car-dependent, though central neighborhoods close to Tech Terrace and downtown are somewhat more walkable. Carmona-Harrison's address is west of downtown, in a corridor that reflects the city's older residential fabric rather than its newer southern suburban growth. Public transit through Citibus exists but is limited in reach outside central zones.
The district context matters here. Lubbock ISD approved a substantial bond in spring 2025 that will fund three new elementary schools, middle school expansions, and safety upgrades, with new campuses scheduled to open in the 2028-29 school year. Families should know those new elementary buildings are years away. In the near term, the district recently went through a round of campus closures and consolidations affecting other elementary and middle schools, driven by declining enrollment and budget pressure, and has adopted a formal optimization plan with published criteria that could trigger additional closures starting in fall 2026. Carmona-Harrison is not identified in the provided data as directly affected by current consolidation decisions, but the district's ongoing restructuring means boundary and assignment changes are a real possibility over the coming years. The district's property tax rate has stayed stable and is publicly reported as lower than it was a decade ago, which is relevant context for homeowners in the attendance zone.
Program offerings for Carmona-Harrison specifically were not available in the data, so what the school provides beyond core instruction in terms of enrichment, bilingual or dual-language programming, intervention supports, or extracurricular activities would need to come from the campus directly. Given the high share of students who are English learners district-wide and the demographic composition of this school, language support programming is a natural question worth asking.
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