MT PEAK EL

MT PEAK EL is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in MIDLOTHIAN, Texas, part of MIDLOTHIAN ISD, with 567 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

MT PEAK EL is one of 14 schools operated by MIDLOTHIAN ISD, a district that instructs 11,356 students overall.

On the student-mix side, MT PEAK EL records that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 20% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ellis County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MT PEAK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.9%, the actual is 53.7%, a residual of -9.2 points.

In the area at large, Ellis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,595 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Ellis County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), MT PEAK EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JEAN COLEMAN EL, roughly 2.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MT PEAK EL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 55.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 690 students in 2018 compared to 567 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 70% to 60% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, 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.