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Montgomery, Texas - 11 schools
An equity score of 10/100 ranks Montgomery Isd #1031 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,085 per pupil, Montgomery Isd ranks #1102 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,748
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$10,085
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Montgomery Isd operates 11 public schools serving 9,748 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 3 high, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Montgomery County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,085 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 78.7% local, 11.3% state, and 10.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 10/100, ranked #1031 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (35 AP courses district-wide), a 539.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.8% White, 17.2% Hispanic or Latino, 12.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Montgomery El, with a diversity index of 57.0/100.
Its largest campus is Lake Creek H S, enrolling 1,692 students (18% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Montgomery Co J J a E P, at 1 students, a 1692x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lake Creek H S accounts for 17.4% of all Montgomery Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Montgomery Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Montgomery Isd school enrollment varies 1692× across entities
Montgomery Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,692 students (highest), a spread of 1,691 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Montgomery Isd student-counselor ratio is 540:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Montgomery Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 25.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Montgomery Isd is typically wider than the Montgomery Isd-aggregate figure suggests.