Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000975
Beacon Heights Elementary
6929 Furman Pkwy, Riverdale, MD 20737 · (301) 918-8700 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
314 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 | 35 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
37%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
26.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
26.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.2% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 17.3% |
% 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
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Beacon Heights Elementary
Beacon Heights Elementary's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Heights Elementary this school | 342 | 91.8% | 26.2% |
| Hollywood Elementary College Park | 284 | 90.1% | 22.1% |
| Woodridge Elementary Hyattsville | 299 | 93.0% | 34.8% |
| Chillum Elementary Hyattsville | 308 | 92.2% | 22.6% |
| Berwyn Heights Elementary Berwyn Heights | 421 | 91.4% | 14.3% |
| Flintstone Elementary Oxon Hill | 367 | 91.0% | 25.3% |
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 Beacon Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #692 of 853 | #82 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #647 of 853 ▲ 93 | #65 of 136 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #763 of 853 ▼ 182 | #112 of 136 ▼ 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #700 of 898 | #108 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #74 of 857 | #14 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.0% | #660 of 857 | #101 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #58 of 885 | #47 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.6% | #62 of 551 | #10 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
342
-70 (-17%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 342 | 31.4 | 10.9:1 | 92% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 32.4 | 12.5:1 | 85% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 32.4 | 11.8:1 | 85% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 87% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 35.4 | 13.9:1 | 90% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 93% (461) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 81% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 21 | 14.5:1 | 70% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 16 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beacon Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (493 to 342); teachers down 11% (35.4 to 31.4).
About Beacon Heights Elementary
At 6929 Furman Pkwy in Riverdale, Maryland, Beacon Heights Elementary operates as a small elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 342 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Maryland) has about 481 students.
Beacon Heights Elementary is one of the 199 schools that make up Prince George's County Public Schools (132,693 students in total).
Hispanic students account for 78% of enrollment at Beacon Heights Elementary. Other groups include 13% Black, 5% White, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 23% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Beacon Heights Elementary comes in at 37%.
The teaching staff at Beacon Heights Elementary is 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 10.9:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 92%. On average, public schools in Prince George's County report 79%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Beacon Heights Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Beacon Heights Elementary is 6.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (26.2% versus 19.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
Within Prince George's County, median household income is about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Prince George's County number 203 and enroll about 132,693.
The next-closest public school is Ellen Ochoa Middle, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Beacon Heights Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 26.2% versus a 23.1% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 342, 17% below the 412 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.9:1, from 12.9:1.
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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 Riverdale
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- William Wirt MiddleMiddle · 1,124 students
- College Park AcademyHigh · 682 students
- Riverdale ElementaryElementary · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Ellen Ochoa Middle0.3 mi · 1,086
- Glenridge Elementary0.6 mi · 723
- Woodridge Elementary0.6 mi · 299
- William Wirt Middle0.9 mi · 1,124
- Parkdale High0.9 mi · 2,588
- Port Towns Elementary1.1 mi · 747
Frequently asked questions
About Beacon Heights ElementaryHow many students attend Beacon Heights Elementary?
Beacon Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 342 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Beacon Heights Elementary serve?
Beacon Heights Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Beacon Heights Elementary?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Beacon Heights Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Beacon Heights Elementary?
Student demographics at Beacon Heights Elementary are roughly 5% White, 78% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Beacon Heights Elementary in?
Beacon Heights Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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