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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000786
Beverly Farms Elementary
8501 Post Oak Road, Potomac, MD 20854 · (240) 740-0200 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
45 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
68%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
88.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
76.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.8% | 76.9% |
| 2023-24 | 83.3% | 81.6% |
% 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
82.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Beverly Farms Elementary
Beverly Farms Elementary's state test result (82.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Farms Elementary this school | 526 | 8.6% | 82.7% |
| Ilchester Elementary Ellicott City | 482 | 13.7% | 72.4% |
| Potomac Elementary Potomac | 475 | 7.6% | 83.8% |
| Rockburn Elementary Elkridge | 649 | 12.3% | 79.2% |
| Bells Mill Elementary Potomac | 570 | 14.9% | 82.3% |
| Dayton Oaks Elementary Dayton | 739 | 7.6% | 75.8% |
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 Beverly Farms Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #16 of 853 | #10 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #42 of 853 ▼ 24 | #20 of 131 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #10 of 853 ▲ 18 | #5 of 131 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #326 of 898 | #64 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #786 of 857 | #129 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #247 of 857 | #75 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.6% | #864 of 885 | #129 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #381 of 551 | #65 of 97 |
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
526
-44 (-8%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 526 | 31.1 | 16.9:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 33.5 | 16.8:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 34.3 | 17.0:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 33 | 17.3:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 33.3 | 17.2:1 | 6% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 602 | 33 | 18.2:1 | 6% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 2% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 3% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 26 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beverly Farms Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (574 to 526); teachers down 7% (33.3 to 31.1).
About Beverly Farms Elementary
Beverly Farms Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in Potomac, Maryland. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 526 students.
Across its 208 schools, Montgomery County Public Schools enrolls 159,181 students. Beverly Farms Elementary is one of those schools.
Beverly Farms Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 47%. Smaller groups are 30% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 7% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 16.9:1 comes from the school's 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.1 students per teacher above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 9% in 2024-25. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 31 points.
allk12 grades Beverly Farms Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Beverly Farms Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 82.7% is 13.5 points above the 69.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that the median household income is $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Beverly Farms Elementary is one of 211 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Herbert Hoover Middle is about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Beverly Farms Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 74.0%; Beverly Farms Elementary's is 82.7%, ranking 3rd of 9.
Beverly Farms Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 44 fewer students in 2024-25.
Discussions about Beverly Farms Elementary may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Potomac
- Winston Churchill HighHigh · 2,185 students
- Cabin John MiddleMiddle · 983 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMiddle · 930 students
- Bells Mill ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- Potomac ElementaryElementary · 475 students
- Wayside ElementaryElementary · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Herbert Hoover Middle0.5 mi · 930
- Winston Churchill High0.6 mi · 2,185
- Ritchie Park Elementary0.8 mi · 342
- Cold Spring Elementary0.8 mi · 362
- Bells Mill Elementary1.4 mi · 570
- Cabin John Middle1.5 mi · 983
Frequently asked questions
About Beverly Farms ElementaryHow large is Beverly Farms Elementary?
Beverly Farms Elementary enrolls approximately 526 students in grades KG-05.
Is Beverly Farms Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beverly Farms Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Beverly Farms Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Beverly Farms Elementary is approximately 16.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Beverly Farms Elementary?
Student demographics at Beverly Farms Elementary are roughly 47% White, 7% Hispanic, 8% Black, 30% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Beverly Farms Elementary public or private?
Beverly Farms Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.