Summary:
Zip code 78375 in Premont, Texas, is home to two elementary schools within the Premont Independent School District (Isd), serving a combined 407 students from Pre-K through 5th grade in a high-poverty community where over 95% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
The dominant school is Premont Ernest H Singleton Early College Academy, which enrolls 88% of the area's elementary students (357 students) across grades PK-5. This school has faced persistent academic challenges, with state rankings consistently in the bottom 6% over the last three years. In the 2025-2026 school year, reading proficiency rates (17%-29%) were roughly half of state averages, while math proficiency (26%-33%) also lagged significantly. The school's weakest area was 5th-grade science, where only 9.68% of students were proficient compared to the state's 29.57%. Despite spending a relatively high $11,670 per student, these academic struggles have not shown a clear path to improvement, with the school's percentile ranking fluctuating between the 5th and 10th percentiles in recent years.
In contrast, Premont Montessori Academy offers a specialized Montessori approach for just 50 students in grades K-2, with a slightly better student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. However, this school has no reported test scores or ranking history, making it impossible to compare its academic effectiveness to Singleton Academy. The district appears to be experimenting with different educational models, but without measurable data on the Montessori program's outcomes, parents cannot assess whether this alternative approach is more successful in building foundational skills for the area's high-poverty student population.
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