Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000972
Avalon Elementary
7302 Webster Ln, Fort Washington, MD 20744 · (301) 449-4970 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% 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
13.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
272 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 14 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
57%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
41.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
46.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +25.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 26 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 46.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.6% | 20.7% |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 21% 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 16 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 Avalon Elementary
Avalon Elementary's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Elementary this school | 302 | 90.1% | 36.6% |
| James Ryder Randall Elementary Clinton | 299 | 91.6% | 26.1% |
| Georgetown East Elementary Annapolis | 330 | 90.0% | 21.1% |
| Samuel Chase Elementary Temple Hills | 355 | 89.3% | 22.9% |
| Clinton Grove Elementary Clinton | 295 | 87.8% | 23.2% |
| Valley View Elementary Oxon Hill | 351 | 85.8% | 43.0% |
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 Avalon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #515 of 853 | #34 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #344 of 853 ▲ 346 | #15 of 136 ▲ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #541 of 853 ▲ 6 | #51 of 136 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #748 of 898 | #118 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #407 of 857 | #92 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #423 of 857 | #31 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #90 of 885 | #75 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #139 of 551 | #35 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
302
+17 (+6%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 302 | 22 | 13.7:1 | 90% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 23 | 13.1:1 | 72% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 23.2 | 12.0:1 | 67% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 23 | 12.4:1 | 65% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 25.3 | 15.1:1 | 64% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 60% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 50% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 383 | 18 | 21.3:1 | 31% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 20 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avalon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (382 to 302); teachers down 13% (25.3 to 22).
About Avalon Elementary
Avalon Elementary is a small elementary school with its address in Fort Washington, Maryland. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 302 students. Elementary schools in Maryland have about 481 students on average; enrollment here is 37% lower.
Prince George's County Public Schools (199 schools, 132,693 students) runs Avalon Elementary.
More than half of the students at Avalon Elementary are Black (50%). Beyond that, enrollment is 42% Hispanic and 4% White. In Prince George's County overall, about 59% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
With 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Avalon Elementary, 90% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
Avalon Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 62% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Avalon Elementary scores 15.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 36.6% actual versus 20.9% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Prince George's County, home to about 959,754 people, 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 Avalon Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Crossland High is about 0.7 miles from Avalon Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Avalon Elementary is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 285 to 302, a 6% rise. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.4:1 to 13.7:1.
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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
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
Other Avalon Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Avalon Elementary. Avalon Elementary is the 7th largest of the 9.
- Avalon ElementaryPerris, CA · 563 students
- AVALON ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 553 students
- Avalon Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 399 students
- AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 363 students
- Avalon Elementary SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Crossland High0.7 mi · 1,094
- Allenwood Elementary1.0 mi · 371
- Apple Grove Elementary1.1 mi · 277
- Thurgood Marshall Middle1.3 mi · 707
- Samuel Chase Elementary1.4 mi · 355
- Tayac Elementary1.5 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Avalon ElementaryHow large is Avalon Elementary?
Avalon Elementary enrolls approximately 302 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Avalon Elementary serve?
Avalon Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Avalon Elementary?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Avalon Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Avalon Elementary?
At Avalon Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 42% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Avalon Elementary public or private?
Avalon Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
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