An equity score of 27/100 ranks Alief Montessori Community School #894 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,654 per pupil, Alief Montessori Community School ranks #1196 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Alief Montessori Community School operates 1 public schools serving 370 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,654 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 3.8% local, 80.0% state, and 16.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 27/100, ranked #894 of 1047 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 367:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.1% Asian, 37.9% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% African American across the district's schools.
Alief Montessori Community School accounts for 99.2% of all Alief Montessori Community School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Alief Montessori Community School a distant remainder — means Alief Montessori Community School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Alief Montessori Community School reports 72.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Alief Montessori Community School student-counselor ratio is 367:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Alief Montessori Community School chronic absenteeism rate is 9.5% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Alief Montessori Community School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Alief Montessori Community School?
Alief Montessori Community School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 370 students.
How much does Alief Montessori Community School spend per student?
Alief Montessori Community School spends $8,654 per student. The district has an equity score of 27/100, ranking #894 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Alief Montessori Community School?
Alief Montessori Community School students are 38.1% Asian, 37.9% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% African American, 4.9% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Alief Montessori Community School?
Alief Montessori Community School has an equity score of 27/100, ranking #894 out of 1047 districts in Texas.