ELLA J BAKER MONTESSORI SCHOOL

As a mid-sized elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, ELLA J BAKER MONTESSORI SCHOOL educates 610 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. ELLA J BAKER MONTESSORI SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, ELLA J BAKER MONTESSORI SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 13% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, ELLA J BAKER MONTESSORI SCHOOL shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at ELLA J BAKER MONTESSORI SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, ELLA J BAKER MONTESSORI SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.8%; this one delivers 53.8%.

Around the school, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which ELLA J BAKER MONTESSORI SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LANIER MIDDLE, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ELLA J BAKER MONTESSORI SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 66.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. ELLA J BAKER MONTESSORI SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 610). White enrollment moved from 40% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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