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Alumni: what's one memory from Bayard Rustin Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
757
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001747
Bayard Rustin Elementary
332 W Edmonston Dr, Rockville, MD 20852 · (240) 740-4320 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
315 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 27 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 149 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
61.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
57.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 55.8% |
% 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
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Bayard Rustin Elementary
Bayard Rustin Elementary's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayard Rustin Elementary this school | 757 | 41.6% | 59.4% |
| William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary Germantown | 601 | 40.1% | 70.5% |
| Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary Germantown | 673 | 33.6% | 59.9% |
| Luxmanor Elementary Rockville | 684 | 27.5% | 63.4% |
| Catonsville Elementary Catonsville | 653 | 48.5% | 51.0% |
| Elkridge Elementary Elkridge | 798 | 45.9% | 47.4% |
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 Bayard Rustin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #226 of 853 | #61 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #218 of 853 ▲ 4 | #55 of 131 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #275 of 853 ▼ 75 | #61 of 131 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #56 of 898 | #3 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #411 of 857 | #90 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.8% | #9 of 857 | #7 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.6% | #600 of 885 | #69 of 137 |
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
757
+71 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 757 | 55.1 | 13.7:1 | 42% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 787 | 54.5 | 14.4:1 | 37% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 758 | 50.4 | 15.1:1 | 42% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 686 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 33% (224) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayard Rustin Elementary.
About Bayard Rustin Elementary
Bayard Rustin Elementary is a public elementary school in Rockville, Maryland. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 757 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Maryland enroll about 481 students on average.
Montgomery County Public Schools is the district for Bayard Rustin Elementary. It has 208 schools and 159,181 students.
Hispanic students make up 32% of enrollment at Bayard Rustin Elementary, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 24% Asian, 21% White, 12% Black, and 10% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Montgomery County's population at about 21%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 77%.
Bayard Rustin Elementary reports a ratio of 13.7 students per teacher, from 55.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 13.8:1. Lunch program data show 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Montgomery County average a similar 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Bayard Rustin Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 77% of Maryland public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bayard Rustin Elementary is 9.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 59.4%. Predicted: 49.6%.
In Montgomery County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $132,450 a year, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Montgomery County number 211, with about 159,181 students.
Richard Montgomery High is the nearest public school to Bayard Rustin Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Bayard Rustin Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Bayard Rustin Elementary is ahead of the 56.6% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put Bayard Rustin Elementary inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
Enrollment was 757 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 686. The ratio was 14.9:1 in 2020-21 and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
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- Maryvale Elementary1.6 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Bayard Rustin ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bayard Rustin Elementary?
Bayard Rustin Elementary enrolls approximately 757 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bayard Rustin Elementary serve?
Bayard Rustin Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bayard Rustin Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bayard Rustin Elementary is approximately 13.7:1 (55 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bayard Rustin Elementary?
Bayard Rustin Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 32% Hispanic, 12% Black, 24% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Bayard Rustin Elementary public or private?
Bayard Rustin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
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