GARDEN OAKS MONTESSORI

GARDEN OAKS MONTESSORI is a medium-sized elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Texas, run under HOUSTON ISD. The school works with 763 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 47% above typical.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, GARDEN OAKS MONTESSORI is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GARDEN OAKS MONTESSORI reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school reports 25% White, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, GARDEN OAKS MONTESSORI records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GARDEN OAKS MONTESSORI falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 55.2%; this one comes in at 40.0%, -15.2 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate 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 GARDEN OAKS MONTESSORI is one.

HARPER DAEP is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GARDEN OAKS MONTESSORI comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. GARDEN OAKS MONTESSORI's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 823 (now 763). White enrollment moved from 33% to 25% across the same window.

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