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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000970
Ardmore Elementary
9301 Ardwick Ardmore Rd, Springdale, MD 20774 · (301) 925-1311 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
434 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
40.4%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
31.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 20% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Maryland's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
470
+57 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 16.0:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
26%
was 12%
% Black
70%
was 84%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Ardmore Elementary
Ardmore Elementary, a medium-sized elementary campus in Springdale, Maryland, operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, instructs 470 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 132,693 students. Ardmore Elementary is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Ardmore Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder breaks down as 26% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Ardmore Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ardmore Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 19.6%; this one delivers 36.1%, a residual of +16.5 points.
Zooming out to the county, Prince George's County reports that median household earnings sit near $101,798, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ardmore Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).
Nearest neighbor: Charles Herbert Flowers High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ardmore Elementary. On composite proficiency, Ardmore Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Five-year trend. Ardmore Elementary's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 470). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 84% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.
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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
Nearby schools
- Charles Herbert Flowers High0.6 mi · 2,712
- Kenmoor Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 240
- Kenmoor Middle1.2 mi · 1,021
- Glenarden Woods Elementary1.2 mi · 516
- Templeton Elementary1.3 mi · 646
- Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary1.4 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About Ardmore ElementaryHow large is Ardmore Elementary?
Ardmore Elementary enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ardmore Elementary serve?
Ardmore Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ardmore Elementary have?
Ardmore Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Ardmore Elementary?
Student demographics at Ardmore Elementary are roughly 1% White, 26% Hispanic, 70% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Ardmore Elementary in?
Ardmore Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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