KEENAN EL

KEENAN EL, a mid-sized elementary school in MONTGOMERY, Texas, overseen by MONTGOMERY ISD, instructs 713 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

MONTGOMERY ISD comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,889 students; KEENAN EL is among them.

Demographically, KEENAN EL logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, KEENAN EL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Montgomery County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KEENAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $97,701 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. KEENAN EL is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students).

OAK HILLS J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KEENAN EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KEENAN EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 58.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. KEENAN EL's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 767 (now 713). The White share of enrollment shrank from 82% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.