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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Berwyn Heights Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001272
Berwyn Heights Elementary
6200 Pontiac St, Berwyn Heights, MD 20740 · (240) 684-6210 · Prince George's County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Maryland public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
11.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
385 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 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
48%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
14.5%
MD avg 50.6% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
11.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.5% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 10.9% |
% 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
14.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Berwyn Heights Elementary
Berwyn Heights Elementary's state test result (14.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berwyn Heights Elementary this school | 421 | 91.4% | 14.3% |
| Flintstone Elementary Oxon Hill | 367 | 91.0% | 25.3% |
| Cooper Lane Elementary Landover Hills | 407 | 93.1% | 22.7% |
| Laurel Elementary Laurel | 472 | 90.9% | 34.8% |
| Adelphi Elementary Adelphi | 505 | 88.9% | 28.3% |
| Beacon Heights Elementary Riverdale | 342 | 91.8% | 26.2% |
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 Berwyn Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #843 of 853 | #134 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #838 of 853 ▼ 12 | #131 of 136 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #844 of 853 ▼ 71 | #135 of 136 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #561 of 898 | #77 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #162 of 857 | #33 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #540 of 857 | #75 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #64 of 885 | #52 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #272 of 551 | #62 of 99 |
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
421
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 421 | 35.5 | 11.9:1 | 91% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 35.5 | 13.4:1 | 80% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 32.5 | 14.8:1 | 80% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 73% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 73% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 68% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 59% (272) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berwyn Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (484 to 421); teachers down 1% (36 to 35.5).
About Berwyn Heights Elementary
Berwyn Heights Elementary is an elementary school in Berwyn Heights, Maryland, reachable at (240) 684-6210. It reported 421 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools with a combined 132,693 students. Berwyn Heights Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students are 70% of those enrolled at Berwyn Heights Elementary. Other groups include 14% Black, 10% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Prince George's County's population at about 23%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 91%. Across public schools in Prince George's County, the average is 79%.
Berwyn Heights Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 4% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Berwyn Heights Elementary is 20.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 14.3%.
In Prince George's County, the median household earns about $101,798 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Prince George's County has 203 public schools with about 132,693 students, including Berwyn Heights Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Berwyn Heights Elementary is closest to Dora Kennedy French Immersion, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Berwyn Heights Elementary ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 447 students in 2020-21 to 421 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.9:1) than in 2020-21 (13.6:1).
On allk12, people connected to Berwyn Heights Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Dora Kennedy French Immersion0.5 mi · 684
- Greenbelt Middle0.6 mi · 1,270
- Paint Branch Elementary1.0 mi · 488
- Springhill Lake Elementary1.0 mi · 804
- Parkdale High1.5 mi · 2,588
- William Wirt Middle1.7 mi · 1,124
Frequently asked questions
About Berwyn Heights ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Berwyn Heights Elementary?
Berwyn Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Berwyn Heights Elementary serve?
Berwyn Heights Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Berwyn Heights Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Berwyn Heights Elementary is approximately 11.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Berwyn Heights Elementary?
Student demographics at Berwyn Heights Elementary are roughly 10% White, 70% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Berwyn Heights Elementary public or private?
Berwyn Heights Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.