MONTCLAIR EL

MONTCLAIR EL is a mid-sized elementary school in GARLAND, Texas, overseen by GARLAND ISD. The school enrolls 557 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within GARLAND ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 53,173 students, MONTCLAIR EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MONTCLAIR EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, MONTCLAIR EL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at MONTCLAIR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MONTCLAIR EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) records that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which MONTCLAIR EL is one.

O'BANION MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTCLAIR EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 32.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 551 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 66% to 74% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.