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Lancaster ISD special education update: staff levels, services and preliminary performance gains reported

Lancaster ISD Board of Trustees · November 13, 2025
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Special education director reported Lancaster ISD is serving 894 students with disabilities, has expanded staff to 49 specialists and 50 teachers, and displayed preliminary STAR and RDA indicators showing gains across grade levels; SPED graduation rate was reported at 89 percent with 10 percent in 18+ program.

Miss Cromer, the district special education presenter, gave an update on staffing, services and assessment results for the 2025–26 school year.

"We are supporting 894 students with disabilities right now," Cromer said, and described a staffing complement of roughly 49 administrative and instructional support staff (40 full-time, 9 contract), 50 special-education teachers, 6 dyslexia teachers and…

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