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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the MONTANA VISTA EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 758 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLINT ISD·NCES 481443016990
Montana Vista Elementary School
3550 MARK JASON DR, EL PASO, TX 79938 · (915) 926-5300 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
14.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
412 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 75 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +41.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +42.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 42 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 31.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Montana Vista Elementary School
Montana Vista Elementary School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Vista Elementary School this school | 457 | 90.2% | 40.9% |
| Matthys Elementary School SOUTH HOUSTON | 457 | 89.7% | 37.4% |
| Parkland Elementary School EL PASO | 471 | 89.6% | 48.0% |
| Irene C Cardwell Elementary School DEL RIO | 452 | 90.3% | N/A |
| Thomas Manor EL PASO | 462 | 90.9% | 41.7% |
| Fields Elementary School MCALLEN | 443 | 89.6% | 44.3% |
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 Montana Vista Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,479 of 4,401 | #84 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,129 of 4,466 ▲ 1,546 | #33 of 133 ▲ 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,422 of 4,466 ▲ 790 | #50 of 133 ▲ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #814 of 3,998 | #21 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #2,935 of 4,938 | #86 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,271 of 4,622 | #70 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.7% | #4,199 of 4,628 | #89 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #1,063 of 4,789 | #27 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.6% | #426 of 2,838 | #27 of 93 |
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
457
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 457 | 30.8 | 14.8:1 | 90% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 35.2 | 13.7:1 | 92% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 35.6 | 13.2:1 | 91% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 95% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 37.7 | 17.7:1 | 94% (629) |
| 2015-16 | 746 | 40 | 18.6:1 | 94% (700) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montana Vista Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (668 to 457); teachers down 18% (37.7 to 30.8).
About Montana Vista Elementary School
In EL PASO, Texas, part of El Paso County, Montana Vista Elementary School is an elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 457 students.
CLINT ISD is made up of 14 schools with 10,077 students in all.
Hispanic students account for 96% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 3% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 83%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 8%.
Montana Vista Elementary School has 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 90%. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in El Paso County.
On the allk12 Grade, Montana Vista Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 61% of Texas public elementary schools.
Test results at Montana Vista Elementary School are 5.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.9% actual, 35.2% predicted).
In El Paso County, home to about 870,779 people, the median household earns about $59,806 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Montana Vista Elementary School shares El Paso County with 272 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Montana Vista Elementary School is closest to East Montana Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. Montana Vista Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Montana Vista Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.9% against a local average of 49.9%.
Under the NCES locale system, Montana Vista Elementary School is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 17 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.8:1 in 2020-21, and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Montana Vista Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLINT ISD
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Frank Macias Elementary SchoolElementary · 975 students
- Wm David Surratt Elementary SchoolElementary · 939 students
- Desert Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 928 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 775 students
- Clint High SchoolHigh · 747 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- East Montana Middle School0.6 mi · 496
- Mountain View High School0.6 mi · 775
- Red Sands Elementary School1.5 mi · 572
- IDEA Edgemere College Preparatory1.9 mi · 619
- IDEA Edgemere Academy1.9 mi · 788
- Cactus Trails2.7 mi · 1,006
Frequently asked questions
About Montana Vista Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Montana Vista Elementary School?
Montana Vista Elementary School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades PK-05.
Is Montana Vista Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Montana Vista Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Montana Vista Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Montana Vista Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Montana Vista Elementary School?
Student demographics at Montana Vista Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Montana Vista Elementary School?
Montana Vista Elementary School is overseen by CLINT ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.