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LONE STAR EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LONE STAR EL
LONE STAR EL operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in MONTGOMERY, Texas, overseen by MONTGOMERY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 695 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so LONE STAR EL sits 34% above that benchmark.
LONE STAR EL is one of 12 schools operated by MONTGOMERY ISD, a district that hosts 9,889 students overall.
In terms of who attends, LONE STAR EL shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, LONE STAR EL records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Montgomery County's rate of about 48%.
After controlling for student poverty, LONE STAR EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.7%, the actual is 58.3%, a residual of -9.3 points.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,701 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), of which LONE STAR EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: GORDON-REED EL, around 2.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LONE STAR EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.3%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 719 students in 2018 compared to 695 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for LONE STAR EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Montgomery County at a glance
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