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Enrollment
629
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001697
Barack Obama Elementary
12700 Brooke Ln, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 · (301) 574-4020 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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.
- DBeats 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
16.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
342 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
19%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
56.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +18.5pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 56 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 up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.7% | 13.1% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Barack Obama Elementary
Barack Obama Elementary's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama Elementary this school | 629 | 54.4% | 34.8% |
| Perrywood Elementary Upper Marlboro | 529 | 56.9% | 48.4% |
| New Town Elementary Owings Mills | 772 | 56.9% | 41.5% |
| Imagine Foundations at Leeland PCS Upper Marlboro | 480 | 51.7% | 31.4% |
| Thomas G. Pullen Landover | 740 | 48.5% | 42.3% |
| Mary B. Neal Elementary School Waldorf | 626 | 48.6% | 45.5% |
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 Barack Obama Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #552 of 853 | #45 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #565 of 853 ▲ 235 | #42 of 136 ▲ 74 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #342 of 853 ▲ 203 | #19 of 136 ▲ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #174 of 898 | #19 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #739 of 857 | #135 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.8% | #798 of 857 | #128 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.4% | #483 of 885 | #123 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #207 of 551 | #53 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
629
-114 (-15%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 797
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 629 | 38.5 | 16.3:1 | 54% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 38.5 | 16.6:1 | 57% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 746 | 44.5 | 16.8:1 | 57% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 743 | 44 | 16.9:1 | 47% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 40.4 | 18.5:1 | 44% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 35 | 18.2:1 | 38% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 797 | 43 | 18.5:1 | 34% (271) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barack Obama Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (747 to 629); teachers down 5% (40.4 to 38.5).
About Barack Obama Elementary
Barack Obama Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. A total of 629 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 481-student average for elementary schools in Maryland, enrollment here is 31% higher.
In Prince George's County Public Schools, 199 schools enroll a combined 132,693 students.
The student body at Barack Obama Elementary is 90% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 59%. Pick two students at random and there is a 19% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Barack Obama Elementary, 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 16.3:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 54% of enrollment. The 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County is 25 points higher.
Barack Obama Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Maryland schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Barack Obama Elementary's results are 7.3 points below predicted: 34.8% against 42.0%.
In Prince George's County (population about 959,754), the median household income is $101,798, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Barack Obama Elementary is one of 203 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Barack Obama Elementary is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment has fallen by 114 students since 2020-21, to 629.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Barack Obama Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Upper Marlboro
- Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. HighHigh · 2,291 students
- Chesapeake Math and IT South Public CharterCombined · 1,503 students
- Frederick Douglass HighHigh · 1,183 students
- Largo HighHigh · 1,159 students
- Kettering MiddleMiddle · 874 students
- James Madison MiddleMiddle · 800 students
Other Barack Obama Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Barack Obama Elementary. Barack Obama Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHEMPSTEAD, NY · 439 students
- Barack Obama ElementaryRichmond, VA · 274 students
- Barack Obama Elementary SchoolJackson, MS · 242 students
- BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLST. LOUIS, MO · 233 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High0.1 mi · 2,291
- Imagine Foundations at Leeland PCS3.1 mi · 480
- Arrowhead Elementary3.4 mi · 378
- Perrywood Elementary3.4 mi · 529
- Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter3.4 mi · 1,503
- Frederick Douglass High3.6 mi · 1,183
Frequently asked questions
About Barack Obama ElementaryHow large is Barack Obama Elementary?
Barack Obama Elementary enrolls approximately 629 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Barack Obama Elementary serve?
Barack Obama Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barack Obama Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barack Obama Elementary is approximately 16.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Barack Obama Elementary?
Student demographics at Barack Obama Elementary are roughly 1% White, 7% Hispanic, 90% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Barack Obama Elementary in?
Barack Obama Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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