Berwyn Heights Elementary

Berwyn Heights Elementary operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in Berwyn Heights, Maryland, operated by Prince George's County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 421 students spanning grades K through 5.

Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 132,693 students. Berwyn Heights Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Berwyn Heights Elementary records that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Black, 10% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Berwyn Heights Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.1%, the actual is 14.3%, a residual of -5.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Prince George's County reports that median household income runs about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Prince George's County's 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), Berwyn Heights Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dora Kennedy French Immersion, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Berwyn Heights Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 484 students in 2018 compared to 421 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 62% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Berwyn Heights Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.