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Lamar CISD will continue to see student growth as housing continues to come online in the district.
The big picture
In five years, Lamar CISD has seen 12,451 students enroll in the district, with over 2,000 in 2025-26 alone, data from a fourth quarter 2025 report by Zonda Demographics shows.
However, Jonathan Maxwell, executive director of student programs, said the growth the district is experiencing will not reach the same levels as the past five years.
“We were growing at a rate that was almost straight up and down,” Maxwell said at an April 21 meeting. “It has come down a little bit, but still growing 1,600 to 1,900 per year.”
By the 2030-31 school year, Lamar CISD is projected to have 57,600 students, and it could rise to around 66,200 in 2035-36.
By the numbers
Rosenberg houses the largest concentration of students with 7,798 students, or 16% of the total student population, followed by Fulshear with 2,642 students, or 5.4% of the total student population.
Meanwhile, 569 students, or 1.2% of the total student population, live outside the district. Maxwell said this includes children of staff, active military members and peace officers.
Also of note
During the fourth quarter of 2025, LCISD ranked No. 1 amongst other Region 4 school districts in annual single-family home closings at 4,602 and future housing sites with 61,154.
However, when factoring in fourth-quarter starts and closings, 2025 saw a decrease in those totals compared to 2024 due to economic uncertainty and inflation, Maxwell said. Lower mortgage interest rates could yield more homebuying interest in 2026.
When it comes to multifamily housing, nine rental housing projects are under construction, with 14 additional projects—consisting of 7,500 future units—in the planning stages.
Maxwell said Slawinski, Morgan and Becerra elementary schools have the highest new home activity in the district, while Velasquez Elementary has around 16,000 future sites due to the Austin Point development.
Check it out
Access to the report is available at: www.lcisd.org/demographicoverview.
