Bayard Rustin Elementary

Bayard Rustin Elementary, a well-populated elementary-level community in Rockville, Maryland, run under Montgomery County Public Schools, serves 757 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 57% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Within Montgomery County Public Schools, which oversees 208 schools and 159,181 students, Bayard Rustin Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Bayard Rustin Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 24% Asian, 21% White, 12% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Bayard Rustin Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.6%, the actual is 59.4%, a residual of +9.8 points.

In the area at large, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Bayard Rustin Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Richard Montgomery High, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bayard Rustin Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

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