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If you could change one rule at LAKE AIR MONTESSORI SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
734
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WACO ISD·NCES 484428005035
Lake Air Montessori School
4601 COBBS DR, WACO, TX 76710 · (254) 772-1910 · McLennan County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL734 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
13.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
500 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 | 116 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 45% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 20.0% | 29.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Lake Air Montessori School
Lake Air Montessori School's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Air Montessori School this school | 734 | 68.1% | 42.0% |
| Stephen F Austin Elementary School BAYTOWN | 792 | 64.9% | 42.9% |
| I T Holleman Elementary School WALLER | 753 | 70.4% | 42.0% |
| Tenie Holmes Elementary School BAY CITY | 763 | 62.9% | 33.3% |
| Eduardo Mata Montessori School DALLAS | 720 | 66.7% | 41.4% |
| Alex Sanger Preparatory School DALLAS | 769 | 72.6% | 53.7% |
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 Lake Air Montessori School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In McLennan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,330 of 4,401 | #19 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,498 of 4,466 ▼ 987 | #21 of 41 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,995 of 4,466 ▼ 146 | #18 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,216 of 3,998 | #12 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 734 | #723 of 4,938 | #2 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,071 of 4,622 | #6 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #2,456 of 4,628 | #33 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.1% | #2,662 of 4,789 | #22 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #1,091 of 1,307 | #9 of 13 |
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
734
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+586% since 1990-91, when it was 107
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 734 | 54.8 | 13.4:1 | 68% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 711 | 52.8 | 13.5:1 | 71% (507) |
| 2022-23 | 697 | 51.5 | 13.5:1 | 67% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 747 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 72% (539) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 44.2 | 16.1:1 | 72% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 80% (521) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 30 | 13.1:1 | 65% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | 26 | 12.2:1 | 64% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 107 | 10 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Air Montessori School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (710 to 734); teachers up 24% (44.2 to 54.8).
About Lake Air Montessori School
In WACO, Texas, Lake Air Montessori School is a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 734 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8. It has 41% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
WACO ISD operates 24 schools. Combined enrollment is 13,476 students.
More than half of enrollment at Lake Air Montessori School is Hispanic: 68%. Enrollment also includes 16% White, 12% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in McLennan County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
Lake Air Montessori School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1, with 54.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 68% at Lake Air Montessori School.
On the allk12 Grade, Lake Air Montessori School lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Texas public elementary schools.
In Texas, Lake Air Montessori School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 42.0% actual against a predicted 44.6%.
Looking at the county, McLennan County, the median household earns about $66,643 a year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Lake Air Montessori School, McLennan County has 124 public schools.
Hillcrest Pds Magnet is about 0.3 miles from Lake Air Montessori School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Lake Air Montessori School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 42.0% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 747 to 734, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.4:1.
On allk12, people connected to Lake Air Montessori School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
McLennan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
266,067
Census ACS
Median income
$66,643
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
45,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WACO ISD
- Waco High SchoolHigh · 1,885 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,752 students
- Tennyson Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Bell's Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 786 students
- Cesar Chavez Middle SchoolMiddle · 786 students
- G W Carver Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
Other schools in WACO
- Midway High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Waco High SchoolHigh · 1,885 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,752 students
- Tennyson Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- La Vega High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- Bell's Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 786 students
Nearby schools
- Hillcrest Pds Magnet0.3 mi · 431
- Waco High School0.5 mi · 1,885
- Mountainview Elementary School1.0 mi · 349
- Dean Highland Elementary School1.1 mi · 617
- Crestview Elementary School1.2 mi · 464
- Harmony Science Academy (waco)1.2 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Air Montessori SchoolHow large is Lake Air Montessori School?
Lake Air Montessori School enrolls approximately 734 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Lake Air Montessori School serve?
Lake Air Montessori School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Lake Air Montessori School have?
Lake Air Montessori School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Lake Air Montessori School?
Student demographics at Lake Air Montessori School are roughly 16% White, 68% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lake Air Montessori School public or private?
Lake Air Montessori School is a public K-12 school, overseen by WACO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.