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Enrollment
546
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970009037
Daggett Montessori
801 W JESSAMINE, FT WORTH, TX 76110 · (817) 814-6300 · Tarrant County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
251 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 26.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 63.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 23.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Daggett Montessori
Daggett Montessori's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daggett Montessori this school | 546 | 46.0% | 46.8% |
| Longs Creek Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 541 | 47.3% | 57.1% |
| Pilot Point Elementary School PILOT POINT | 561 | 44.2% | 38.5% |
| Kyle Elementary School KYLE | 633 | 46.8% | 47.8% |
| Watts Elementary School CIBOLO | 500 | 46.4% | 36.7% |
| Buda Elementary School BUDA | 564 | 42.2% | 46.6% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Daggett Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,761 of 4,401 | #106 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,285 of 4,466 ▼ 160 | #147 of 339 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,168 of 4,466 ▲ 20 | #71 of 339 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #521 of 3,998 | #32 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #2,076 of 4,938 | #129 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #3,290 of 4,622 | #275 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #1,932 of 4,628 | #229 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #3,739 of 4,789 | #268 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.5% | #868 of 1,307 | #40 of 72 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
546
+59 (+12%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 546 | 34.1 | 16.0:1 | 46% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 36.9 | 14.8:1 | 46% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 37.9 | 14.0:1 | 50% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 47% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 34.8 | 14.6:1 | 44% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 50% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | 29 | 19.1:1 | 48% (265) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Daggett Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (508 to 546); teachers down 2% (34.8 to 34.1).
About Daggett Montessori
Daggett Montessori is a mid-sized elementary school in FORT WORTH ISD, located in FT WORTH, Texas. The school enrolls 546 students in kindergarten through 8.
Across its 136 schools, FORT WORTH ISD enrolls 70,612 students. Daggett Montessori is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Daggett Montessori is Hispanic: 59%. Next come 31% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 30% Hispanic. The diversity index for Daggett Montessori is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Daggett Montessori, giving a ratio of 16.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. A total of 251 students, or 46%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Tarrant County averages 63%, higher than here.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Daggett Montessori outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Daggett Montessori is 54.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.8%.
Census data for Tarrant County show median household income comes to about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 639 public schools in the county, enrolling about 385,835, Daggett Montessori among them.
About 0.2 miles separate Daggett Montessori from the closest public school, Daggett Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 33.4% on proficiency, and Daggett Montessori is above that at 46.8%.
Daggett Montessori is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 487 (2020-21) to 546 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.0:1, from 14.3:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FT WORTH
- Clifford Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Cesar Chavez Primary SchoolElementary · 447 students
- Bonnie BraeElementary · 326 students
- Premier H S of Fort WorthHigh · 124 students
- Tarrant Youth RecoveryHigh · 9 students
- Tarrant Co J J Alternative Education ProgramHigh · 2 students
Nearby schools
- Daggett Elementary School0.2 mi · 526
- Daggett Middle School0.3 mi · 353
- De Zavala Elementary School0.7 mi · 274
- Morningside Elementary School0.9 mi · 401
- Ki Charter - Fort Worth1.1 mi · 80
- Lily B Clayton Elementary School1.1 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Daggett MontessoriHow many students attend Daggett Montessori?
Daggett Montessori enrolls approximately 546 students in grades KG-08.
Is Daggett Montessori an elementary, middle, or high school?
Daggett Montessori is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Daggett Montessori have?
Daggett Montessori employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Daggett Montessori?
Student demographics at Daggett Montessori are roughly 31% White, 59% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Daggett Montessori in?
Daggett Montessori is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.