Garrett Elementary, 555 McLemore Drive: grades K to 5, 585 students on the 2024-25 state report card, graded C with 76 points.

Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Montgomery Public Schools’ school phone list, How to Enroll page, 2026-27 calendar (PDF), school zone search, the Alabama State Department of Education’s state report card for 2024-25 and 2023-24 and the federal NCES school directory for 2023-24.

Garrett Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade at 555 McLemore Drive, Montgomery, as one of Montgomery Public Schools’ zoned elementary schools. Alabama graded it a C, with 76 points, on its 2024-25 report card.

Who to call

Address 555 McLemore Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117
Phone 334-851-4916
Grades K to 5
District Montgomery Public Schools
State school code 051-0275

Principal

Principal Takisha Muhammad, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 585 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card.
  • Federal count: 575 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 students per teacher.

State report card

Alabama grades every public school from A to F each year. The grade comes from a 100-point score built from students’ achievement and growth on state tests in English language arts and math, chronic absenteeism (the share of students who missed 18 or more days), progress in English language proficiency and, for high schools, graduation rate and college and career readiness, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s report card rules.

2024-25 grade: C, 76 points. That compares with a C and 74 points on the 2023-24 card. Montgomery Public Schools as a whole earned a C, with 75 points.

Indicator 2024-25 score
Academic achievement (ELA and math tests) 48.76
Academic growth 97.12
Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) 17.00% of students

Garrett Elementary’s full report card, with results by student group, teachers and spending, is on the state’s report card site.

Attendance zone

Check an address with the district’s school zone search, which Montgomery Public Schools links from its home page. Zones do not follow the city limits; the Town of Pike Road runs its own school system, Pike Road City Schools, and the tool flags Pike Road addresses. In the zone search, the Montgomery addresses zoned for Garrett Elementary fall in the middle school zones of Carr Middle and Goodwyn Middle and in the high school zones of Park Crossing High and Percy Julian High. We checked about 1,640 points across the Montgomery city limits in the tool on Oct. 17, 2026; zones can split streets, so check your own address.

Programs

Garrett’s website describes its Service and Leadership Signature Academy.

Calendar

Garrett Elementary follows the Montgomery Public Schools 2026-27 calendar (PDF). Coming dates:

  • Friday, Oct. 30: teacher development day; no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day; schools and offices closed
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Friday, Dec. 18: second quarter ends
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 4: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • Monday, Jan. 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day; closed
  • March 29 to April 2: spring break
  • Tuesday, May 25: last day for students

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Garrett Elementary serve?

Garrett Elementary in Montgomery serves kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card.

What is Garrett Elementary’s state report card grade?

Garrett Elementary earned a C, with 76 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, up from 74 points on the 2023-24 card.

Which middle and high school does Garrett Elementary feed into?

In the district’s school zone search, Montgomery addresses zoned for Garrett Elementary are zoned for Carr Middle and Goodwyn Middle and then Park Crossing High and Percy Julian High.

Who is the principal of Garrett Elementary?

Takisha Muhammad, according to the school’s website.