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Houston, Texas - 1 schools
An equity score of 25/100 ranks Alief Montessori Community School #921 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $7,536 per pupil, Alief Montessori Community School ranks #1196 of 1202 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 $7,536 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1202 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 25/100, ranked #921 of 1044 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 dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Alief Montessori Community School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 72.4% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
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 $7,536 per student. The district has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #921 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 25/100, ranking #921 out of 1044 districts in Texas.