Premont Montessori Academy

Premont Montessori Academy is a small elementary school that serves part of PREMONT, Texas. A total of 50 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 2. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 90% lower.

PREMONT ISD oversees Premont Montessori Academy and 2 other schools, with 794 students in total.

Premont Montessori Academy's enrollment is 92% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 6% White and 2% Black. Jim Wells County as a whole is about 80% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Premont Montessori Academy's 3.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.6:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 96%. Compared with the 83% average for public schools in Jim Wells County, the school's rate is higher.

According to the American Community Survey, in Jim Wells County, the median household income is $51,896, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 21%. There are 16 public schools in Jim Wells County, enrolling about 7,302 students in all.

Of nearby public schools, Premont Ernest H Singleton Early College Academy is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Premont Montessori Academy has 3 other public schools within five miles.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.

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