Beltsville Academy

Beltsville Academy operates as a roomy elementary campus in Beltsville, Maryland, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,113 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 131% larger than the state mean of about 481.

Across the 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools (132,693 students total), Beltsville Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Beltsville Academy records that 80% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Black, 5% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Beltsville Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.6%, the actual is 31.9%, a residual of +13.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Prince George's County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Beltsville Academy is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

The closest other public school is James E. Duckworth, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Beltsville Academy. On composite proficiency, Beltsville Academy comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 30.2%.

Beltsville Academy operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Beltsville Academy has showed little movement, going from 1,104 students in 2018 to 1,113 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 66% to 80% over that span.

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