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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000947
Beall Elementary
451 Beall Ave, Rockville, MD 20850 · (240) 740-1220 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
131 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 | 42 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
72%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
70.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
66.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.7% | 66.2% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 62.9% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Beall Elementary
Beall Elementary's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beall Elementary this school | 475 | 27.6% | 69.0% |
| Sherwood Elementary Sandy Spring | 498 | 25.7% | 44.1% |
| Flower Valley Elementary Rockville | 524 | 30.0% | 56.7% |
| Jones Lane Elementary Gaithersburg | 428 | 34.3% | 71.0% |
| Lois P. Rockwell Elementary Damascus | 518 | 33.0% | 58.0% |
| Candlewood Elementary Rockville | 358 | 33.2% | 62.5% |
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 Beall Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #114 of 853 | #36 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #135 of 853 ▲ 14 | #38 of 131 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #137 of 853 ▼ 62 | #35 of 131 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #439 of 898 | #85 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #650 of 857 | #116 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #101 of 857 | #32 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #732 of 885 | #97 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.5% | #21 of 551 | #5 of 97 |
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
475
-41 (-8%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 475 | 30.6 | 15.5:1 | 28% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 32% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 31.5 | 15.8:1 | 30% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 29% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 45.7 | 17.2:1 | 25% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 825 | 42 | 19.6:1 | 27% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 42 | 16.8:1 | 24% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 718 | 43 | 16.7:1 | 35% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 38 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beall Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (785 to 475); teachers down 33% (45.7 to 30.6).
About Beall Elementary
Beall Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Rockville, Maryland. The school's 475 students are in pre-K through 5.
Beall Elementary is one school in Montgomery County Public Schools, a system of 208 schools with 159,181 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Beall Elementary is White (40%). Other students are 29% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 9% Black. For comparison, Montgomery County is about 42% White. Beall Elementary has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 15.5 students per teacher and 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 28%. Public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Beall Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Beall Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (69.0%) and its predicted rate (57.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
Montgomery County has about 1,065,949 residents, and median household income is about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Montgomery County number 211 and enroll about 159,181.
The closest public school to Beall Elementary is PEP - Itinerant, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Beall Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 69.0% is above the 55.2% average for nearby schools.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Beall Elementary saw enrollment fall 8% between 2020-21 and 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
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Rockville
- Richard Montgomery HighHigh · 2,366 students
- Thomas S. Wootton HighHigh · 1,870 students
- Col. Zadok Magruder HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 1,654 students
- Rockville HighHigh · 1,550 students
- Julius West MiddleMiddle · 1,365 students
Other Beall Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Beall Elementary. Beall Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Beall ElementaryFrostburg, MD · 415 students
Nearby schools
- PEP - Itinerant0.6 mi · 90
- Julius West Middle0.8 mi · 1,365
- Richard Montgomery High1.0 mi · 2,366
- College Gardens Elementary1.0 mi · 506
- Fallsmead Elementary1.0 mi · 512
- Carl Sandburg Center1.4 mi · 65
Frequently asked questions
About Beall ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Beall Elementary?
Beall Elementary enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-05.
Is Beall Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beall Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Beall Elementary have?
Beall Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is Beall Elementary?
Beall Elementary reports a student body of 40% White, 29% Hispanic, 9% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Beall Elementary?
Beall Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
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