Daggett Montessori
Public elementary school in Ft Worth, Texas · Fort Worth ISD · Grades K–8
Daggett Montessori serves 546 students in grades K–8 in Ft Worth (Tarrant County). It is one of 132 schools in Fort Worth ISD. By enrollment it is the 2072nd largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 16 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 34.12 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | K–8 |
| District | Fort Worth ISD |
| County | Tarrant County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481970009037 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Fort Worth ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 546 | 70,405 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 16 | 15.1 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 46% | 83.1% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 72% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Daggett Montessori in context
Size
Of the 81 elementary schools in Fort Worth ISD, Daggett Montessori is the 8th largest, with 0.8% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.1 miles away and have a median of 395 students, so Daggett Montessori is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 4 with 66 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 51, against an average of 61 per grade. This year grade 8 has 16% more students than kindergarten (59 against 51). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 59% of enrollment, a lower share than across Fort Worth ISD (66.2%). White students are next, at 31.3%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 83.1% across Fort Worth ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Daggett Montessori has 34.12 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 546 students would have about 36.9 teachers, so Daggett Montessori has 2.8 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other elementary school is Daggett Elementary School, 0.2 miles away in the same district. There are 52 elementary schools within 5 miles and 154 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 59% |
| White | 31.3% |
| Black | 5.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.8% |
| Asian | 0.5% |
50.4% of students are girls and 49.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Kindergarten | 51 |
| Grade 1 | 60 |
| Grade 2 | 63 |
| Grade 3 | 56 |
| Grade 4 | 66 |
| Grade 5 | 65 |
| Grade 6 | 65 |
| Grade 7 | 61 |
| Grade 8 | 59 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
801 W Jessamine, Ft Worth, TX 76110
Phone: (817)814-6300
Website: fortworthisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Daggett Montessori. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daggett Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 0.2 mi | 526 | 15 | 86.1% |
| De Zavala Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 0.7 mi | 274 | 15.3 | 75.5% |
| Morningside Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 0.9 mi | 401 | 13.6 | 94.3% |
| Lily B Clayton Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.1 mi | 476 | 15.1 | 39.3% |
| George Clarke Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.2 mi | 388 | 13.2 | 88.1% |
| Carroll Peak Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.3 mi | 489 | 14.2 | 84.3% |
| Edward Briscoe Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.5 mi | 288 | 13.7 | 93.1% |
| Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.6 mi | 366 | 13.8 | 95.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.