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MADELEY RANCH EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 MADELEY RANCH EL
MADELEY RANCH EL is one of the average-sized primary schools in MONTGOMERY, Texas, part of MONTGOMERY ISD, with 714 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 38% larger than typical.
MONTGOMERY ISD comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 9,889 students; MADELEY RANCH EL is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MADELEY RANCH EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%); the rest is composed of 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, MADELEY RANCH EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.5%.
In the broader community, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,701 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), MADELEY RANCH EL is one campus in the mix.
STEWART CREEK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around MADELEY RANCH EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MADELEY RANCH EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 58.2%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MADELEY RANCH EL has ticked down 4%, going from 747 students in 2018 to 714 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.
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