Ashburton Elementary

As a sizable K-5 school in Bethesda, Maryland, Ashburton Elementary works with 871 students from grades K through 5, part of Montgomery County Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Ashburton Elementary sits 81% larger than that benchmark.

Ashburton Elementary is one of 208 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that serves 159,181 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Ashburton Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ashburton Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.5%, the actual is 65.8%, a residual of +4.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household earnings sit near $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Ashburton Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Walter Johnson High, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ashburton Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 61.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Ashburton Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 877 (now 871). Over the same period, the White share fell from 43% to 33%.

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