Montgomery Pre K-8

Summary:

Montgomery Pre K-8 is a public elementary school serving grades PreK-8 in the Tri-City United School District, located in Montgomery, Minnesota. The school has 636 students, with a predominantly White student population ranging from 77.83% to 80.24% over the past few years.

While Montgomery Pre K-8 has shown some strengths, such as the performance of its Hispanic students and students with special education needs, the school has consistently underperformed compared to state and district averages in math, reading, and science proficiency on the MCA-III assessments. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's overall math proficiency rate was 38.01%, compared to the district's 42.32% and the state's 45.47%. The school's performance is particularly low in 8th grade math, where only 22.62% of students were proficient, compared to the district's 37.23% and the state's 41.08%. Additionally, the school's White students and female students have consistently underperformed compared to their peers statewide.

When compared to other schools in the Tri-City United School District, Montgomery Pre K-8 generally underperforms, with the nearby Le Center Pre K-8 school outperforming it in both math and reading proficiency. However, Montgomery Pre K-8 performs better than some schools in other nearby districts, such as Cleveland Elementary and Oak Crest Elementary. The school's performance has also declined over the past several years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 237th out of 870 Minnesota elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 444th out of 881 in 2023-2024. Despite these challenges, the school's strong performance with Hispanic students and students with special education needs indicates that it may have effective practices and strategies in place that could be leveraged to improve outcomes for other student subgroups.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 101 2nd St NE
       Montgomery, MN  56069-0029


(507) 364-8119

District: Tri-City United School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
444th of 881 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,560 Help


Students who attend Montgomery Pre K-8 usually attend:

High:    Tri-City United High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.9 Help
Number of students:  606

Racial breakdown:

White:
78.7%
Hispanic:
15.7%
Two or more races:
2.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  46% Help


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Compare Details Montgomery Pre K-8 ranks worse than 50.4% of elementary schools in Minnesota. It also ranks last among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Tri-City United School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.94. (See more...)
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Compare Details Montgomery Pre K-8 ranks better than 50.8% of middle schools in Minnesota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.49. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Montgomery Pre K-8 has the largest elementary school student body size in the Tri-City United School District. Racial makeup is: White (78.7%), Hispanic (15.7%), two or more races (2.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 46% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Tri-City United School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Montgomery Pre K-8 is 13.9, which is the highest among 3 elementary schools in the Tri-City United School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Montgomery Pre K-8 is $10,560. 1 elementary schools in the Tri-City United School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Montgomery Pre K-8:

SchoolDigger ranks Montgomery Pre K-8 444th of 881 Minnesota public elementary schools. (See Montgomery Pre K-8 in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Montgomery Pre K-8 268th of 545 Minnesota public middle schools. (See Montgomery Pre K-8 in the ranking list.)

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Tri-City United School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Tri-City United School District 184th of 463 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Montgomery Pre K-8

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2015 51.99 488th 840 41.9%
2016 56.88 439th 848 48.2%
2017 63.84 346th 853 59.4%
2018 60.70 374th 847 55.8%
2019 71.13 237th 870 72.8%
2021 52.44 483rd 869 44.4%
2022 52.42 463rd 858 46.0%
2023 51.42 465th 845 45.0%
2024 53.94 444th 881 49.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.39 210th 463 54.6%
2022 48.72 258th 500 48.4%
2023 50.50 243rd 524 53.6%
2024 48.90 280th 572 51.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.82 261st 728 64.1%
2019 82.47 61st 740 91.8%
2021 65.08 204th 683 70.1%
2022 58.76 262nd 663 60.5%
2023 63.79 259th 774 66.5%
2024 56.99 332nd 793 58.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.81 312th 774 59.7%
2019 71.59 211th 787 73.2%
2021 53.83 418th 783 46.6%
2022 51.37 439th 799 45.1%
2023 44.93 487th 787 38.1%
2024 43.21 511th 809 36.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.26 423rd 779 45.7%
2019 66.97 272nd 798 65.9%
2021 46.57 493rd 784 37.1%
2022 50.55 454th 808 43.8%
2023 55.10 386th 799 51.7%
2024 59.94 346th 826 58.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 43.62 97th 153 36.6%
2022 71.79 32nd 209 84.7%
2023 56.05 73rd 214 65.9%
2024 68.38 55th 249 77.9%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.30 422nd 712 40.7%
2019 59.98 278th 722 61.5%
2021 39.74 483rd 710 32.0%
2022 35.14 534th 725 26.3%
2023 34.04 522nd 712 26.7%
2024 36.28 507th 730 30.5%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Montgomery Pre K-8

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Rank History for all middle school students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2015 46.61 288th 516 44.2%
2016 45.22 297th 508 41.5%
2017 52.27 270th 523 48.4%
2018 50.27 292nd 518 43.6%
2019 50.83 277th 533 48.0%
2021 64.34 156th 521 70.1%
2022 50.39 255th 520 51.0%
2023 45.20 294th 529 44.4%
2024 49.49 268th 545 50.8%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.92 183rd 253 27.7%
2019 56.38 117th 282 58.5%
2021 48.62 125th 260 51.9%
2022 37.35 193rd 288 33.0%
2023 55.42 112th 298 62.4%
2024 60.89 91st 307 70.4%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.40 266th 401 33.7%
2019 49.81 208th 415 49.9%
2021 62.35 104th 399 73.9%
2022 41.68 240th 404 40.6%
2023 48.17 224th 459 51.2%
2024 54.28 185th 473 60.9%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.46 229th 436 47.5%
2019 51.55 226th 439 48.5%
2021 52.95 193rd 443 56.4%
2022 41.71 288th 467 38.3%
2023 36.94 310th 455 31.9%
2024 52.26 220th 474 53.6%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.98 278th 438 36.5%
2019 46.22 268th 454 41.0%
2021 66.96 120th 437 72.5%
2022 53.22 209th 476 56.1%
2023 48.15 241st 464 48.1%
2024 41.86 281st 479 41.3%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.13 111th 163 31.9%
2022 28.72 150th 188 20.2%
2023 21.37 158th 178 11.2%
2024 39.04 109th 186 41.4%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Montgomery Pre K-8

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.35 314th 428 26.6%
2019 35.15 304th 428 29.0%
2021 59.20 143rd 422 66.1%
2022 39.64 266th 438 39.3%
2023 36.75 295th 436 32.3%
2024 35.02 309th 440 29.8%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Montgomery Pre K-8

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2013 584 2 4 52 1 0 6 0 649
2014 577 8 2 51 2 0 9 0 649
2015 600 4 3 46 5 1 10 0 669
2016 581 5 2 49 4 0 16 0 657
2017 591 7 0 55 5 0 19 0 677
2018 574 4 4 66 6 0 21 0 675
2019 528 6 1 66 7 0 16 0 624
2020 494 6 2 57 10 0 17 0 586
2021 463 5 2 78 7 0 22 0 577
2022 482 10 2 87 5 0 17 0 603
2023 495 9 3 106 5 0 18 0 636
2024 477 11 6 95 3 0 14 0 606

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Montgomery Pre K-8

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2013 649 34.8 18.6 34.4
2014 649 41.1 15.7 36.4
2015 669 45.0 14.8 40.8
2016 657 46.0 14.2 37.7
2017 677 44.3 15.2 38.6
2018 675 44.1 15.2 40.9
2019 624 43.1 14.4 41.8
2020 586 34.6 16.9 40.8
2021 577 29.5 19.5 39.5
2022 603 35.0 17.2 38.8
2023 636 35.8 17.7 51.3
2024 606 43.5 13.9 46

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Montgomery Pre K-8

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2013 649 34.8 18.6 34.4
2014 649 41.1 15.7 36.4
2015 669 45.0 14.8 40.8
2016 657 46.0 14.2 37.7
2017 677 44.3 15.2 38.6
2018 675 44.1 15.2 40.9
2019 624 43.1 14.4 41.8
2020 586 34.6 16.9 40.8
2021 577 29.5 19.5 39.5
2022 603 35.0 17.2 38.8
2023 636 35.8 17.7 51.3
2024 606 43.5 13.9 46

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Montgomery Pre K-8

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,560

Data source: Minnesota Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Montgomery Pre K-8

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 237th of 870 Elementary schoolsRanks 465th of 845 Elementary schools
 27.8%
Ranks 277th of 533 Middle schoolsRanks 294th of 529 Middle schools
 3.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Math (Montgomery Pre K-8)66.748.3
 18.3%
   3rd Grade Math (Tri-City United School District)69.456.2
 13.2%
   3rd Grade Math (Minnesota)65.659.1
 6.5%
3rd Grade Reading (Montgomery Pre K-8)68.844.3
 24.5%
   3rd Grade Reading (Tri-City United School District)59.744.9
 14.8%
   3rd Grade Reading (Minnesota)54.647.4
 7.2%
4th Grade Math (Montgomery Pre K-8)77.844.2
 33.6%
   4th Grade Math (Tri-City United School District)65.358.3
 7%
   4th Grade Math (Minnesota)63.957.1
 6.8%
4th Grade Reading (Montgomery Pre K-8)62.236.5
 25.7%
   4th Grade Reading (Tri-City United School District)53.648.6
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Minnesota)55.448.4
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (Montgomery Pre K-8)49.229
 20.1%
   5th Grade Math (Tri-City United School District)47.735.5
 12.3%
   5th Grade Math (Minnesota)5244.4
 7.6%
5th Grade Reading (Montgomery Pre K-8)7861.3
 16.7%
   5th Grade Reading (Tri-City United School District)69.759.3
 10.4%
   5th Grade Reading (Minnesota)65.858.7
 7%
5th Grade Science (Montgomery Pre K-8)69.559.7
 9.8%
   5th Grade Science (Tri-City United School District)65.953.2
 12.7%
   5th Grade Science (Minnesota)54.948.4
 6.5%
6th Grade Math (Montgomery Pre K-8)51.540.6
 10.9%
   6th Grade Math (Tri-City United School District)44.440.3
 4.2%
   6th Grade Math (Minnesota)50.539.7
 10.8%
6th Grade Reading (Montgomery Pre K-8)72.357.1
 15.1%
   6th Grade Reading (Tri-City United School District)64.154.2
 9.8%
   6th Grade Reading (Minnesota)62.853.4
 9.4%
7th Grade Math (Montgomery Pre K-8)45.214.6
 30.6%
   7th Grade Math (Tri-City United School District)44.524.8
 19.7%
   7th Grade Math (Minnesota)52.139.7
 12.4%
7th Grade Reading (Montgomery Pre K-8)53.631.5
 22.1%
   7th Grade Reading (Tri-City United School District)48.635.9
 12.7%
   7th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.545.2
 12.3%
8th Grade Math (Montgomery Pre K-8)35.921.7
 14.1%
   8th Grade Math (Tri-City United School District)37.632.6
 5%
   8th Grade Math (Minnesota)55.240.3
 14.9%
8th Grade Reading (Montgomery Pre K-8)46.740.2
 6.5%
   8th Grade Reading (Tri-City United School District)43.635.2
 8.4%
   8th Grade Reading (Minnesota)57.744.8
 12.9%
8th Grade Science (Montgomery Pre K-8)35.932.6
 3.3%
   8th Grade Science (Tri-City United School District)3529
 6.1%
   8th Grade Science (Minnesota)4327.6
 15.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students624636
 1.9%
African American69
 50%
American Indian75
 28.6%
Asian13
 200%
Hispanic66106
 60.6%
Pacific Islander00
White528495
 6.3%
Two or More Races1618
 12.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients41.8%51.3%
 9.4%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 606 students attended Montgomery Pre K-8.

Students who attend Montgomery Pre K-8 usually go on to attend:

High : Tri-City United High School

Students at Montgomery Pre K-8 are 79% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Montgomery Pre K-8 ranks 444th of 881 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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