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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
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
434 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
44%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
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.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 29.6% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Ardmore Elementary
Ardmore Elementary's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore Elementary this school | 470 | 92.3% | 36.1% |
| Francis Scott Key Elementary District Heights | 451 | 92.9% | 18.4% |
| Andrew Jackson Academy Forestville | 458 | 93.9% | 20.2% |
| Waldon Woods Elementary Clinton | 523 | 92.0% | 27.4% |
| Suitland Elementary Suitland | 514 | 94.2% | 18.7% |
| Panorama Elementary Temple Hills | 554 | 91.0% | 27.6% |
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 Ardmore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #521 of 853 | #38 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #571 of 853 ▼ 24 | #44 of 136 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #557 of 853 ▼ 89 | #55 of 136 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #453 of 898 | #59 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #137 of 857 | #26 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #594 of 857 | #86 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #49 of 885 | #39 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.8% | #111 of 294 | #15 of 39 |
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
470
+36 (+8%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 470 | 40.5 | 11.6:1 | 92% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 37 | 12.6:1 | 77% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 73% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 64% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 25.9 | 16.0:1 | 61% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 59% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 50% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 36% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 21 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ardmore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (413 to 470); teachers up 57% (25.9 to 40.5).
About Ardmore Elementary
In Springdale, Maryland, part of Prince George's County, Ardmore Elementary is an elementary school. The student body numbers 470 students, from pre-K through 5.
Prince George's County Public Schools enrolls 132,693 students in 199 schools, including Ardmore Elementary.
At 70%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Ardmore Elementary combined. After that, the student body is 26% Hispanic. Among all residents of Prince George's County, the Black share is about 59%. By the diversity index, Ardmore Elementary comes in at 44%.
The school reported 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. Among public schools in Prince George's County, the average eligibility rate is 79%.
allk12 grades Ardmore Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Maryland with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 19.6%. Ardmore Elementary posts 36.1%, 16.5 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Prince George's County has about 959,754 residents, and median household income is about $101,798, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Prince George's County number 203 and enroll about 132,693.
Charles Herbert Flowers High is located about 0.6 miles from Ardmore Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ardmore Elementary comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Ardmore Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Ardmore Elementary went from 434 students to 470. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2020-21 to 11.6:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Ardmore Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Ardmore Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Ardmore Elementary. Ardmore Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolVilla Park, IL · 425 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolBellevue, WA · 415 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 370 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolAddison, IL · 230 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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