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LONE STAR EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-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.
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