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Schools in Cumings · Lamar Consolidated Independent School District

Cumings’s public schools outscore 77% of Texas districts

In Cumings, 53% of tested students are proficient in math, above the Texas average (41%). The grade covers the public school district serving Cumings, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.

#98of 642 Texas townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

63%

▲ 12 pts vs TX 51%

2021–22

Math proficiency

53%

▲ 12 pts vs TX 41%

2021–22

Graduate on time

95%

▲ 5 pts vs TX 90%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$11.1K

▼ 13% vs TX $12.8K

FY2024

Students per teacher

18.4

TX 14.9 · larger classes

Schools in town

46,285 students on the public path

In brief

Cumings’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 200 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Cumings’s, its schools beat 64%, lower than their 77% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state on both counts

Reading proficiency is 63% and math 53% in spring 2022, against 51% and 41% statewide; 95% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $11,147 per student, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

33 elementary schools, then six middle and six high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Cumings’s grade

A⁻ Test scoresC⁺ Graduation

A−: better than 77% of Texas school districts, #98 of 642 Texas towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Texas average; test scores are the stronger of the two.

Texas school districts we grade (1,191)Better than 77%

Lower resultsHigher results

Texas towns with similar household incomes (200)Better than 64%

A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 21,824 test results and a graduating class of 2,797 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Cumings’s students in the tested grades sat them (21,640 in math, 22,009 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Cumings, with each school’s own grade.

33 schools teach K in Cumings’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from C− to A+, so check the specific school.

Town	Schools	Main districts
Cumings	A⁻	Lamar Consolidated Independent
Rosenberg	A⁻	Lamar Consolidated Independent
Richmond	A⁻	Lamar Consolidated Independent

Cumings’s public schools outscore 77% of Texas districts

Cumings’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Above the state on both counts

Spending and class size

33 elementary schools, then six middle and six high schools

What’s behind Cumings’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Well above the state in reading

Cumings vs. its neighbors

Every school in Cumings

Questions about Cumings’s schools

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