MONTGOMERY EL

MONTGOMERY EL, an intimate elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD, teaches 373 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, MONTGOMERY EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MONTGOMERY EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder looks like 38% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MONTGOMERY EL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MONTGOMERY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.5%, the actual is 34.4%, a residual of +0.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), MONTGOMERY EL is one campus in the mix.

R D S P D is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MONTGOMERY EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. MONTGOMERY EL's enrollment has edged down 38% since 2018, when it stood at 599 (now 373). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 42% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the MONTGOMERY EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.