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Enrollment
720
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623007569
EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL
7420 LA VISTA, DALLAS, TX 75204 · (972) 749-7500 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
480 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
720
+178 (+33%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.9:1
% White
17%
was 25%
% Hispanic
73%
was 66%
% Black
6%
was 5%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL
EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL, a mid-sized K-5 school in DALLAS, Texas, run under DALLAS ISD, educates 720 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 39% bigger than typical.
EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL is one of 240 schools operated by DALLAS ISD, a district that caters to 140,630 students overall.
On the student-mix side, EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 17% White, 6% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.
On the resource side, On paper, EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 39.0%, a residual of -5.7 points.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.4%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL has ticked up 33%, going from 542 students in 2018 to 720 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 25% to 17%.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
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- W T WHITE H SHigh · 2,204 students
- SUNSET H SHigh · 2,164 students
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- EAST GRAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.8 mi · 816
- UPLIFT WHITE ROCK HILLS PREP PS0.9 mi · 640
- MOUNT AUBURN STEAM ACADEMY1.0 mi · 548
- J L LONG MIDDLE1.0 mi · 1,079
- WOODROW WILSON H S1.1 mi · 1,832
- ALEX SANGER PREPARATORY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 769
Frequently asked questions
About EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL?
EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL enrolls approximately 720 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL serve?
EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL is approximately 14.3:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL?
At EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 17% White, 73% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL public or private?
EDUARDO MATA MONTESSORI SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.