Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000782
Belmont Elementary
19528 Olney Mill Rd, Olney, MD 20832 · (240) 740-5705 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
56 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
61%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
72.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
65.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.6% | 65.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.6% | 67.9% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Belmont Elementary
Belmont Elementary's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Elementary this school | 343 | 16.3% | 67.5% |
| Jones Elementary Severna Park | 334 | 15.9% | 70.6% |
| Fort Garrison Elementary Baltimore | 283 | 20.8% | 82.4% |
| West Towson Elementary Baltimore | 445 | 17.8% | 75.5% |
| Millersville Elementary Millersville | 386 | 20.7% | 55.1% |
| Kemptown Elementary Monrovia | 448 | 14.1% | 65.2% |
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 Belmont Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #126 of 853 | #40 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #148 of 853 ▼ 46 | #40 of 131 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #119 of 853 ▲ 67 | #32 of 131 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #697 of 898 | #125 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #499 of 857 | #102 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #352 of 857 | #98 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.3% | #821 of 885 | #118 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #171 of 294 | #16 of 34 |
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
343
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 343 | 23.8 | 14.4:1 | 16% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 24.3 | 14.3:1 | 14% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 25.1 | 13.7:1 | 15% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 9% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 18 | 17.8:1 | 7% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 18 | 17.7:1 | 7% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 9% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 4% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 26 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belmont Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (320 to 343); teachers up 32% (18 to 23.8).
About Belmont Elementary
Olney, Maryland, is home to Belmont Elementary, a small elementary school. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 343 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Maryland) has about 481 students.
Belmont Elementary is part of a district of 208 schools: Montgomery County Public Schools, with 159,181 students.
Roughly 58% of students at Belmont Elementary are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 42%. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 16%. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Belmont Elementary is 3.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 67.5% actual, 64.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
Montgomery County census figures show that the median household income is $132,450, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Montgomery County is home to 211 public schools and about 159,181 public school students.
The shortest distance from Belmont Elementary to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Rosa M. Parks Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Belmont Elementary comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (340) to 2024-25 (343). Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.4:1 to 14.4:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Belmont Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Olney
- Rosa M. Parks MiddleMiddle · 863 students
- William H. Farquhar MiddleMiddle · 682 students
- Olney ElementaryElementary · 585 students
- Brooke Grove ElementaryElementary · 390 students
Other Belmont Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 12 states are named Belmont Elementary. Belmont Elementary is the 8th largest of the 13.
- Belmont ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 177 students
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUN CITY CENTER, FL · 776 students
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 773 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolRoanoke Rapids, NC · 614 students
- Belmont ElementaryWoodbridge, VA · 492 students
Nearby schools
- Rosa M. Parks Middle0.9 mi · 863
- Greenwood Elementary0.9 mi · 534
- Brooke Grove Elementary1.7 mi · 390
- Olney Elementary2.0 mi · 585
- Sherwood Elementary2.7 mi · 498
- Cashell Elementary3.0 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Belmont ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Belmont Elementary?
Belmont Elementary enrolls approximately 343 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Belmont Elementary serve?
Belmont Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Belmont Elementary have?
Belmont Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Belmont Elementary?
Student demographics at Belmont Elementary are roughly 58% White, 12% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Belmont Elementary?
Belmont Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.