Montgomery Pre K-8

Located at 101 2ND ST NE, in MONTGOMERY, Minnesota, Montgomery Pre K-8 is a heavily attended primary school that enrolls 608 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Tri-City United School District. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Montgomery Pre K-8 sits 77% bigger than that benchmark.

Tri-City United School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,927 students; Montgomery Pre K-8 is among them.

On demographics, Montgomery Pre K-8 reports that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest is composed of 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Montgomery Pre K-8 logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 38% of students at Montgomery Pre K-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Montgomery Pre K-8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 40.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Le Sueur County reports that median household income runs about $94,968, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Le Sueur County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,869 students), of which Montgomery Pre K-8 is one.

Tri-City United High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Montgomery Pre K-8 ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Montgomery Pre K-8's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 675 (now 608). The White share of enrollment edged down from 85% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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