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Buckner Terrace Montessori

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 314 students

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Current score
78/1002025-26
Change
−14 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−0.5 ptsvs 78.5 average · 2,075 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,126 of 2,075tied with 81 others
C78

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 88 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 78.5 average for 2,075 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
42%vs 40.9% avg · +1.1 pts
Masters
24%vs 17.5% avg · +6.5 pts

Among 1,772 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Relative Performance above the similar-context average

80 +2 pts vs 78

  • 80 is 2 points above the 78 average among 1,926 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

10.8% −8.1 pts vs 18.9%

  • 10.8% is 8.1 percentage points lower than the 18.9% average among 2,002 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Buckner Terrace Montessori is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 78.5 average for 2,075 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 14 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,126th of 2,075 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 81 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageBuckner Terrace Montessori 9282788878 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 88 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26C7878.5 2,075 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8878.1 2,060 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7875.9 2,048 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8276.5 2,021 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9281.7 2,006 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement74 C−0.5 vs similar economic context · 1,932 reporting
  • School Progress80 B+0.4 vs similar economic context · 1,926 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps74 C−1.8 vs similar economic context · 1,911 reporting
  • Academic Growth74 C+1.3 vs similar economic context · 1,866 reporting
  • Relative Performance80 B+2.0 vs similar economic context · 1,926 reporting
  • Buckner Terrace Montessori
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,075 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement74C6
School Progress80B10
Closing the Gaps74C6
Academic Growth74C6
Relative Performance80B10

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 6 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (80), so Student Achievement (74) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 80.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level73%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,932 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,932 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,932 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%±0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,929 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,929 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,929 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,921 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,921 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,921 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,772 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,772 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,772 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,075 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
314
Economically disadvantaged
74.5%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
36.0%+12.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
13.1%−5.7 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.7%+1.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
10.8%−8.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Buckner Terrace Montessori

African American: 23.6%Hispanic: 69.1%White: 4.5%American Indian: 0.6%Two or More Races: 2.2%
  • African American 23.6%
  • Hispanic 69.1%
  • White 4.5%
  • American Indian 0.6%
  • Two or More Races 2.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,075 reporting for every category shown · 2,075 in full cohort

African American: 13%Hispanic: 61.4%White: 20%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.1%
  • African American 13%
  • Hispanic 61.4%
  • White 20%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.1%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
314
Economically disadvantaged students
234
Emergent bilingual students
113
Special education students
41

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
11
Students in TEA mobility denominator
232
TEA-published mobility rate
4.7%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 314 students in 2025–26, an increase of 7 (2.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
314

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+7

Increase · +2.3%

Change since 2021–22
−51

Decrease · −14.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
314
Selected comparison
638.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,046 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Buckner Terrace Montessori
School yearStudents enrolledBuckner Terrace MontessoriChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 365 First available year 655.3
2022–23 345 Decrease of 20 (5.5%) 659.6
2023–24 316 Decrease of 29 (8.4%) 656.6
2024–25 307 Decrease of 9 (2.8%) 654.4
2025–26 314 Increase of 7 (2.3%) 638.2

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Not reported

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Not reported

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
312

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Buckner Terrace Montessori
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 403 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 399 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2022–23 377 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2023–24 317 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2024–25 312 Not reported — Not reported — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Buckner Terrace Montessori in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Not reported — Not reported — — —
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$16k$24k20182020202220242025
  • Buckner Terrace Montessori
  • Parent district: Dallas ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$15,948
Selected comparison
$13,141

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 rated schools reporting

+$2,807 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $15,948 per student for this campus, $23,271 per student for its parent district, Dallas ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearBuckner Terrace MontessoriParent district: Dallas ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,456$13,363$13,054$8,044 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 rated schools reporting
2019$8,993$13,990$13,108$8,186 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,954 rated schools reporting
2020$9,457$14,981$14,058$8,739 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,975 rated schools reporting
2021$10,737$17,075$14,797$9,300 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,987 rated schools reporting
2022$12,678$18,716$15,708$10,578 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,006 rated schools reporting
2023$15,515$20,932$16,792$11,164 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,021 rated schools reporting
2024$16,007$22,990$18,125$12,337 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,046 rated schools reporting
2025$15,948$23,271$18,972$13,141 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$72,663+$6,027 vs similar economic context
Teachers
21−22.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.3+1.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Buckner Terrace Montessori

Beginning: 4.9%1 to 5 years: 32%6 to 10 years: 29.1%11 to 20 years: 29.1%Over 30 years: 4.9%
  • Beginning 4.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 32%
  • 6 to 10 years 29.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.1%
  • Over 30 years 4.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,075 reporting for every category shown · 2,075 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.3%21 to 30 years: 15.2%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.2%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Buckner Terrace Montessori in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBuckner Terrace Montessori · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten7.518
Grade 1518.2
Grade 26.718.3
Grade 317.318.7
Grade 412.319
Grade 512.420

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 057905232.