Summary:
Goodwater Montessori School is a single elementary school serving grades PK through 5 in Georgetown, TX, with 323 students, and it operates as its own district, Goodwater Montessori School.
This school presents a mixed picture of recovery and persistent challenges. Its state ranking has improved dramatically from the 4th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 31st percentile in 2025-2026, suggesting recent interventions may be working. However, the school still ranks in the bottom third of all Texas schools. The most alarming data point is a "5th grade cliff" in mathematics: while 48% of 4th graders were proficient in math in 2025-2026 (near the state average of 49.28%), only 13.64% of 5th graders achieved proficiency, compared to the state average of 47.38%. This indicates a systemic issue with the 5th-grade math curriculum. Reading performance is a relative strength, with 4th graders exceeding the state average (56% vs. 53.04%), but 3rd and 5th graders lag behind. The school spends $10,944 per student, a significant amount, yet maintains a high student-teacher ratio of 19.8, raising questions about resource allocation.
Key metrics include a 36.22% economic disadvantage rate and an unusually high reported dropout rate of 3.7% for an elementary school, which likely represents a data error or a different metric like student mobility. Overall, Goodwater Montessori School is a school in transition, showing signs of recovery from a low point but still facing critical academic hurdles, particularly in 5th-grade mathematics, that require focused attention.
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