MONTA JANE AKIN EL

Located at 3261 BARLEY RD, in LEANDER, Texas, MONTA JANE AKIN EL is a substantial elementary school that works with 872 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within LEANDER ISD. That puts it 68% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within LEANDER ISD, which oversees 51 schools and 42,680 students, MONTA JANE AKIN EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MONTA JANE AKIN EL records that the most-represented group is Asian (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 10% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 4% of students at MONTA JANE AKIN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Williamson County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MONTA JANE AKIN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Williamson County) records that median household income runs about $111,340, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Williamson County's 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), MONTA JANE AKIN EL is one campus in the mix.

FLORENCE W STILES MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTA JANE AKIN EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 15%: 761 students in 2018 compared to 872 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 15% to 40%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.