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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623000465
Harry Stone Montessori Academy
4747 VETERANS DR, DALLAS, TX 75216 · (972) 794-3400 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
15.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
399 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 25% smaller than its 8th grade class (65).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
77.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 38.0% | 15.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 31.0% | 34.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 77.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 78.0% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 79.0% | 55.0% |
| 2020-21 | 70.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Harry Stone Montessori Academy
Harry Stone Montessori Academy's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Stone Montessori Academy this school | 505 | 79.0% | 52.9% |
| E A Jones Elementary School MISSOURI CITY | 536 | 81.2% | 36.6% |
| Mackey Elementary School BALCH SPRINGS | 478 | 81.0% | 27.6% |
| William Lee Hastings Elementary School DUNCANVILLE | 529 | 83.6% | 33.8% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Grand Prairie GRAND PRAIRIE | 500 | 78.2% | 34.3% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Grand Prairie GRAND PRAIRIE | 516 | 77.9% | 39.4% |
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 Harry Stone Montessori Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #1,201 of 4,401 | #72 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,936 of 4,466 ▲ 753 | #149 of 429 ▲ 82 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #375 of 4,466 ▼ 10 | #36 of 429 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #746 of 3,998 | #101 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #2,483 of 4,938 | #209 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,764 of 4,622 | #256 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #2,013 of 4,628 | #136 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #2,031 of 4,789 | #292 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.9% | #131 of 1,307 | #12 of 118 |
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
505
-158 (-24%) vs 2020
+44% since 2000-01, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 505 | 32.9 | 15.3:1 | 79% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 33.3 | 15.8:1 | 68% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 62% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 59% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 22.9 | 15.3:1 | 52% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 337 | 19 | 17.7:1 | 58% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 24 | 15.7:1 | 48% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 34% (119) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harry Stone Montessori Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (351 to 505); teachers up 43% (22.9 to 32.9).
About Harry Stone Montessori Academy
Harry Stone Montessori Academy is a mid-sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas. It teaches 505 students in pre-K through 8.
DALLAS ISD runs 240 schools with a combined 140,630 students. Harry Stone Montessori Academy is one of them.
At Harry Stone Montessori Academy, 55% of students are Hispanic. It is also 39% Black. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. The diversity index for Harry Stone Montessori Academy is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The school has 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Federal data show 79% of students (399) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
Harry Stone Montessori Academy earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of Texas public elementary schools.
The model predicts 40.0% for a school in Texas with Harry Stone Montessori Academy's free or reduced-price lunch share. Harry Stone Montessori Academy posts 52.9%.
In Dallas County, home to about 2,621,179 people, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Harry Stone Montessori Academy shares Dallas County with 770 other public schools.
The closest school to Harry Stone Montessori Academy is Dr Frederick Douglass Todd Sr Middle School, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Harry Stone Montessori Academy. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Harry Stone Montessori Academy ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 24%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.6:1 in 2020-21, and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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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- Dr Frederick Douglass Todd Sr Middle School0.2 mi · 427
- Whitney M Young Jr Elementary School0.3 mi · 371
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Frequently asked questions
About Harry Stone Montessori AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Harry Stone Montessori Academy?
Harry Stone Montessori Academy enrolls approximately 505 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Harry Stone Montessori Academy serve?
Harry Stone Montessori Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harry Stone Montessori Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harry Stone Montessori Academy is approximately 15.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Harry Stone Montessori Academy?
Student demographics at Harry Stone Montessori Academy are roughly 2% White, 55% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Harry Stone Montessori Academy public or private?
Harry Stone Montessori Academy 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.