1
Enrollment
277
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000969
Apple Grove Elementary
7400 Bellefield Ave, Fort Washington, MD 20744 · (301) 449-4966 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
11.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
259 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 15 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
56%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
36.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
36.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +21.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 22 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.9% | 36.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 15.0% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Apple Grove Elementary
Apple Grove Elementary's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Grove Elementary this school | 277 | 93.5% | 31.1% |
| North Forestville Elementary Forestville | 271 | 94.1% | 24.4% |
| James H. Harrison Elementary Laurel | 304 | 91.4% | 31.3% |
| James Ryder Randall Elementary Clinton | 299 | 91.6% | 26.1% |
| Fort Foote Elementary Fort Washington | 277 | 89.2% | 25.5% |
| Avalon Elementary Fort Washington | 302 | 90.1% | 36.6% |
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 Apple Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #620 of 853 | #62 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #482 of 853 ▲ 302 | #24 of 136 ▲ 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #609 of 853 ▼ 40 | #69 of 136 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #778 of 898 | #126 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #161 of 857 | #32 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #442 of 857 | #37 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #32 of 885 | #24 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.2% | #30 of 551 | #5 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
277
-183 (-40%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 277 | 23.4 | 11.8:1 | 94% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 80% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 31.1 | 13.9:1 | 81% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 74% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 67% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 60% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 56% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 610 | 29 | 21.0:1 | 43% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 23 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Apple Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (441 to 277); teachers down 22% (30 to 23.4).
About Apple Grove Elementary
A small elementary school in Fort Washington, Maryland, Apple Grove Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 277 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average enrollment is about 481.
Apple Grove Elementary is one of the 199 schools that make up Prince George's County Public Schools (132,693 students in total).
More than half of enrollment at Apple Grove Elementary is Hispanic: 52%. Next come 41% Black and 3% White. The county population is about 23% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Apple Grove Elementary scores 56%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. The school has 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 2.0 students per teacher. In all, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County, the school's rate is higher.
Apple Grove Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Apple Grove Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.1%) and its predicted rate (18.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
The school's county is Prince George's County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $101,798, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Prince George's County's 203 public schools enroll about 132,693 students and include Apple Grove Elementary.
The closest school to Apple Grove Elementary is Excel Academy Public Charter, located about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Apple Grove Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Apple Grove Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 277 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 460. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.1:1 to 11.8:1.
People who know Apple Grove Elementary can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Fort Washington
- Colin L Powell AcademyElementary · 1,661 students
- Friendly HighHigh · 894 students
- Oxon Hill MiddleMiddle · 773 students
- Tayac ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Excel Academy Public CharterElementary · 454 students
- Rose Valley ElementaryElementary · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Excel Academy Public Charter1.0 mi · 454
- Avalon Elementary1.1 mi · 302
- Tayac Elementary1.4 mi · 459
- J. Frank Dent Elementary1.4 mi · 243
- Samuel Chase Elementary1.5 mi · 355
- Oxon Hill Elementary1.7 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Apple Grove ElementaryHow large is Apple Grove Elementary?
Apple Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 277 students in grades PK-05.
Is Apple Grove Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Apple Grove Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Apple Grove Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Apple Grove Elementary is approximately 11.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Apple Grove Elementary?
Apple Grove Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 52% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Apple Grove Elementary public or private?
Apple Grove Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
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