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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001683
Andrew Jackson Academy
3500 Regency Pkwy, Forestville, MD 20747 · (301) 817-0310 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
430 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 23% smaller than its 8th grade class (48).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
28.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.8% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 10.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Andrew Jackson Academy
Andrew Jackson Academy's state test result (20.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Jackson Academy this school | 458 | 93.9% | 20.2% |
| Francis Scott Key Elementary District Heights | 451 | 92.9% | 18.4% |
| Ardmore Elementary Springdale | 470 | 92.3% | 36.1% |
| Suitland Elementary Suitland | 514 | 94.2% | 18.7% |
| Waldon Woods Elementary Clinton | 523 | 92.0% | 27.4% |
| Catherine T. Reed Elementary Lanham | 437 | 90.4% | 32.6% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Andrew Jackson Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #788 of 853 | #118 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #809 of 853 ▲ 44 | #116 of 136 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #736 of 853 ▼ 39 | #103 of 136 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #485 of 898 | #66 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #262 of 857 | #53 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #614 of 857 | #92 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #23 of 885 | #17 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.2% | #73 of 551 | #15 of 99 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
458
-41 (-8%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 458 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 94% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 33.5 | 13.6:1 | 92% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 37 | 11.0:1 | 69% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 94% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 638 | 53 | 12.0:1 | 100% (638) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 50 | 12.5:1 | 79% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 53 | 12.6:1 | 82% (546) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Andrew Jackson Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (638 to 458); teachers down 32% (53 to 36).
About Andrew Jackson Academy
Andrew Jackson Academy, located in Forestville, Maryland, is a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 458 students, spread over pre-K through 8.
Andrew Jackson Academy reports to Prince George's County Public Schools, which has 199 schools and 132,693 students.
The largest group at Andrew Jackson Academy is Black students, at 73%. Enrollment also includes 24% Hispanic. Among people living in Prince George's County, the Black share is about 59%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Andrew Jackson Academy scores 41%.
Andrew Jackson Academy has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.7:1. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 94%. Public schools in Prince George's County average 79%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Andrew Jackson Academy outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 18.7% for a school in Maryland with Andrew Jackson Academy's free or reduced-price lunch share. Andrew Jackson Academy posts 20.2%.
The county, Prince George's County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $101,798 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Prince George's County has 203 public schools with about 132,693 students, including Andrew Jackson Academy.
Andrew Jackson Academy's closest public school neighbor is Samuel P. Massie Academy, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Andrew Jackson Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Andrew Jackson Academy ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 20.2% versus a 22.7% average.
Under the NCES locale system, Andrew Jackson Academy is Suburb: Large.
From 499 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 458 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 12.7 students per teacher, compared with 14.7 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Andrew Jackson Academy. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Forestville
- Samuel P. Massie AcademyElementary · 477 students
- North Forestville ElementaryElementary · 271 students
- Longfields ElementaryElementary · 256 students
Nearby schools
- Samuel P. Massie Academy0.3 mi · 477
- William Beanes Elementary0.6 mi · 424
- Suitland High1.0 mi · 1,847
- Drew-Freeman Middle1.0 mi · 1,022
- Suitland Elementary1.3 mi · 514
- Francis Scott Key Elementary1.4 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About Andrew Jackson AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Andrew Jackson Academy?
Andrew Jackson Academy enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-08.
Is Andrew Jackson Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Andrew Jackson Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Andrew Jackson Academy?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Andrew Jackson Academy.
How diverse is Andrew Jackson Academy?
Andrew Jackson Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 24% Hispanic, 73% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Andrew Jackson Academy?
Andrew Jackson Academy is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
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