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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001684
Benjamin D. Foulois Academy
4601 Beauford Rd, Morningside, MD 20746 · (301) 817-0300 · Prince George's County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
226 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 47% smaller than its 8th grade class (77).
Student demographics
14%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
65.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Benjamin D. Foulois Academy
Benjamin D. Foulois Academy's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin D. Foulois Academy this school | 540 | 41.9% | 47.5% |
| Tunbridge Public Charter School Baltimore | 493 | 42.8% | 50.9% |
| Imagine Foundations at Leeland PCS Upper Marlboro | 480 | 51.7% | 31.4% |
| John Hanson Montessori Oxon Hill | 496 | 31.3% | 36.3% |
| Maya Angelou French Immersion Temple Hills | 363 | 40.5% | 47.7% |
| Mary B. Neal Elementary School Waldorf | 626 | 48.6% | 45.5% |
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 Benjamin D. Foulois Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #368 of 853 | #20 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #509 of 853 ▼ 65 | #30 of 136 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #212 of 853 ▲ 111 | #9 of 136 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #299 of 898 | #33 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #276 of 857 | #56 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.5% | #822 of 857 | #135 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #597 of 885 | #134 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #284 of 294 | #38 of 39 |
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
540
0 (0%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 540 | 42 | 12.9:1 | 42% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 38% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 39.5 | 13.4:1 | 42% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 40 | 13.5:1 | 36% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 33% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 36% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 33% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin D. Foulois Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (536 to 540); teachers up 5% (40 to 42).
About Benjamin D. Foulois Academy
In Morningside, Maryland, part of Prince George's County, Benjamin D. Foulois Academy is an elementary school. It serves 540 students in kindergarten through 8.
Prince George's County Public Schools enrolls 132,693 students in 199 schools, including Benjamin D. Foulois Academy.
Benjamin D. Foulois Academy enrolls a student body that is 92% Black. The school is also 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 59% Black share among all Prince George's County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Benjamin D. Foulois Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 14%.
Benjamin D. Foulois Academy's 42 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.9:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 42%. The average for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Benjamin D. Foulois Academy receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Maryland, Benjamin D. Foulois Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.5% actual against a predicted 49.5%.
Prince George's County census figures show that median household income is about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Benjamin D. Foulois Academy is among the 203 public schools in Prince George's County.
Nearby, Imagine Foundations at Morningside PCS is about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Benjamin D. Foulois Academy is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns Benjamin D. Foulois Academy the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 540 students in 2020-21 and 540 in 2024-25.
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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 Morningside
- Imagine Foundations at Morningside PCSElementary · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Imagine Foundations at Morningside PCS0.2 mi · 357
- Princeton Elementary1.3 mi · 269
- Longfields Elementary1.3 mi · 256
- Andrew Jackson Academy1.5 mi · 458
- Samuel P. Massie Academy1.7 mi · 477
- William Beanes Elementary2.0 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin D. Foulois AcademyHow large is Benjamin D. Foulois Academy?
Benjamin D. Foulois Academy enrolls approximately 540 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Benjamin D. Foulois Academy serve?
Benjamin D. Foulois Academy serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Benjamin D. Foulois Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Benjamin D. Foulois Academy is approximately 12.9:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Benjamin D. Foulois Academy?
At Benjamin D. Foulois Academy, the student body is approximately 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 92% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Benjamin D. Foulois Academy public or private?
Benjamin D. Foulois Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
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