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Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000785
Bethesda Elementary
7600 Arlington Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814 · (240) 204-5300 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
163 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
76%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
62.4%
MD avg 50.6% . -15.2pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -12.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.4% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.6% | 72.9% |
% 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
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Bethesda Elementary
Bethesda Elementary's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethesda Elementary this school | 645 | 25.3% | 68.2% |
| Urbana Elementary Frederick | 736 | 22.6% | 71.3% |
| Chapel Hill Elementary Perry Hall | 535 | 25.6% | 76.2% |
| Honeygo Elementary Perry Hall | 698 | 29.4% | 68.3% |
| Luxmanor Elementary Rockville | 684 | 27.5% | 63.4% |
| Nantucket Elementary Crofton | 675 | 27.9% | 55.1% |
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 Bethesda Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #123 of 853 | #39 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #192 of 853 ▼ 125 | #48 of 131 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #249 of 853 ▼ 185 | #54 of 131 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #152 of 898 | #24 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #726 of 857 | #122 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #16 of 857 | #10 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #751 of 885 | #102 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #215 of 294 | #24 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
645
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 645 | 39.9 | 16.2:1 | 25% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 40.2 | 14.5:1 | 22% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 37.4 | 16.3:1 | 21% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 44 | 14.1:1 | 12% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 40.4 | 15.3:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 31 | 16.5:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 11% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 19 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethesda Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (619 to 645); teachers down 1% (40.4 to 39.9).
About Bethesda Elementary
Bethesda Elementary serves students in Bethesda, Maryland, as a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 645 students, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 34% above the average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Montgomery County Public Schools is made up of 208 schools with 159,181 students in all.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Bethesda Elementary is White, with 36% of students. Other groups make up 23% Asian, 18% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 76%.
Its ratio of 16.2:1 is based on 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 25%. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Bethesda Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 84% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Bethesda Elementary would score about 59.3%. It scores 68.2%, 9.0 points above that figure.
For Montgomery County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $132,450, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Montgomery County number 211, with about 159,181 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, is about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Bethesda Elementary is 6th among 9 schools close by.
Federal data place Bethesda Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Bethesda Elementary enrolled 619 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 645. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.2:1.
The allk12 page for Bethesda Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Bethesda
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
- Walt Whitman HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Thomas W. Pyle MiddleMiddle · 1,259 students
- North Bethesda MiddleMiddle · 1,224 students
- Ashburton ElementaryElementary · 871 students
Other Bethesda Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bethesda Elementary. Bethesda Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Bethesda Elementary SchoolLawrenceville, GA · 1,083 students
- Bethesda ElementaryThompson Station, TN · 561 students
- Bethesda ElementaryDurham, NC · 442 students
- Bethesda ElementaryWaukesha, WI · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase High0.6 mi · 2,377
- Chevy Chase Elementary1.2 mi · 434
- Somerset Elementary1.3 mi · 314
- Bradley Hills Elementary1.3 mi · 474
- Walt Whitman High1.5 mi · 2,056
- North Chevy Chase Elementary1.6 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About Bethesda ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bethesda Elementary?
Bethesda Elementary enrolls approximately 645 students in grades KG-05.
Is Bethesda Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bethesda Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bethesda Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bethesda Elementary is approximately 16.2:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bethesda Elementary?
Student demographics at Bethesda Elementary are roughly 36% White, 15% Hispanic, 18% Black, 23% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Bethesda Elementary in?
Bethesda Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.