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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the ELLA J BAKER MONTESSORI SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002616
Ella J Baker Montessori School
2100 YUPON ST, HOUSTON, TX 77006 · (713) 942-1470 · Harris County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- A-Three-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
16.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
196 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 101 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 4% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 273% larger than its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
68.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 45.0% | 23.0% | 17.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 68.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Ella J Baker Montessori School
Ella J Baker Montessori School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ella J Baker Montessori School this school | 610 | 32.1% | 53.3% |
| Roanoke Elementary School ROANOKE | 705 | 32.6% | 53.2% |
| Windsor Park G/T CORPUS CHRISTI | 602 | 28.2% | 92.0% |
| Tuscany Heights SAN ANTONIO | 623 | 27.3% | 65.7% |
| Redbud Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 552 | 31.3% | 59.5% |
| Cheri Cox Elementary School SACHSE | 670 | 30.3% | 75.2% |
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 Ella J Baker Montessori School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,180 of 4,401 | #124 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,146 of 4,466 ▲ 149 | #139 of 625 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #832 of 4,466 ▲ 14 | #91 of 625 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #681 of 3,998 | #90 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #1,541 of 4,938 | #337 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #3,633 of 4,622 | #493 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #432 of 4,628 | #56 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.1% | #4,172 of 4,789 | #621 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #1,068 of 1,307 | #117 of 148 |
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
610
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 610 | 36.9 | 16.5:1 | 32% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 38.9 | 15.8:1 | 33% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 37.9 | 16.0:1 | 37% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 35% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 32 | 18.4:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 42% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 41% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 24 | 16.9:1 | 74% (298) |
| 1990-91 | 442 | 21 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ella J Baker Montessori School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (588 to 610); teachers up 15% (32 to 36.9).
About Ella J Baker Montessori School
Located in HOUSTON, Texas, Ella J Baker Montessori School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 610 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 8.
Ella J Baker Montessori School is one school in a 273-school district, HOUSTON ISD, which enrolls 176,727 students.
The student body at Ella J Baker Montessori School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 42%. Other groups include 29% White, 13% Asian, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. In Harris County overall, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
The school has 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.5 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 1.4 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Ella J Baker Montessori School, 32% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in Harris County.
Ella J Baker Montessori School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 61% of Texas public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 60.0%.
The county, Harris County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Lanier Middle School, is the closest to Ella J Baker Montessori School. Ella J Baker Montessori School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 53.3% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 610, compared with 590 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.5:1) than in 2020-21 (17.9:1).
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Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Lanier Middle School0.6 mi · 1,485
- Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy0.7 mi · 715
- Carnegie Vanguard High School0.9 mi · 855
- Arabic Immersion Magnet School1.0 mi · 609
- Gregory-Lincoln Ed Center1.0 mi · 502
- River Oaks Elementary School1.3 mi · 777
Frequently asked questions
About Ella J Baker Montessori SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ella J Baker Montessori School?
Ella J Baker Montessori School enrolls approximately 610 students in grades PK-08.
Is Ella J Baker Montessori School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ella J Baker Montessori School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Ella J Baker Montessori School have?
Ella J Baker Montessori School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Ella J Baker Montessori School?
Student demographics at Ella J Baker Montessori School are roughly 29% White, 42% Hispanic, 10% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Ella J Baker Montessori School in?
Ella J Baker Montessori School is part of HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.