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Enrollment
713
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000985
Bladensburg Elementary
4915 Annapolis Rd, Bladensburg, MD 20710 · (301) 985-1450 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL713 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.9:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
652 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 56 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
38%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
26.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -12.2pp since 2023
Math
21.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -12.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.8% | 21.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 33.3% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Bladensburg Elementary
Bladensburg Elementary's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bladensburg Elementary this school | 713 | 91.4% | 30.1% |
| Port Towns Elementary Bladensburg | 747 | 92.9% | 13.8% |
| Edward M. Felegy ES Hyattsville | 641 | 93.6% | 25.9% |
| James McHenry Elementary Lanham | 610 | 91.6% | 20.1% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary Hyattsville | 631 | 89.5% | 23.9% |
| Thomas S. Stone Elementary Mt Rainier | 580 | 89.1% | 23.1% |
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 Bladensburg Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #640 of 853 | #67 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #731 of 853 ▼ 227 | #90 of 136 ▼ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #754 of 853 ▼ 231 | #108 of 136 ▼ 59 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 713 | #89 of 898 | #12 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #278 of 857 | #57 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #642 of 857 | #99 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #66 of 885 | #54 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #327 of 551 | #70 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
713
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 713 | 55.4 | 12.9:1 | 91% (652) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 89% (636) |
| 2022-23 | 710 | 51 | 13.9:1 | 90% (638) |
| 2020-21 | 714 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 84% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 52.6 | 15.2:1 | 85% (682) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 51 | 14.9:1 | 85% (646) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 83% (555) |
| 2000-01 | 818 | 59 | 13.9:1 | 78% (637) |
| 1990-91 | 738 | 38 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bladensburg Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (799 to 713); teachers up 5% (52.6 to 55.4).
About Bladensburg Elementary
Bladensburg Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Prince George's County Public Schools, located in Bladensburg, Maryland. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 713 students enrolled. It has 48% more students than the average for elementary schools in Maryland (about 481).
The district for Bladensburg Elementary is Prince George's County Public Schools, with 199 schools and 132,693 students.
Federal enrollment data show Bladensburg Elementary is 76% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 20% Black and 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 53 points above the 23% share among Prince George's County residents. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Bladensburg Elementary are from different groups.
Bladensburg Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1, with 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 91% at Bladensburg Elementary. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, Bladensburg Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Maryland public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Bladensburg Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.1%; the prediction is 20.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Prince George's County show that the median household earns about $101,798 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Prince George's County has 203 public schools with about 132,693 students, including Bladensburg Elementary.
Bladensburg Elementary's closest public school neighbor is International High School @ Langley Park, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Bladensburg Elementary ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 30.1% versus a 24.4% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Bladensburg Elementary was 714 in 2020-21 and 713 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Students per teacher dropped from 14.3 in 2020-21 to 12.9 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 Bladensburg
- Bladensburg HighHigh · 2,114 students
- Port Towns ElementaryElementary · 747 students
- Rogers Heights ElementaryElementary · 450 students
- International High School @ Langley ParkHigh · 368 students
Nearby schools
- International High School @ Langley Park0.1 mi · 368
- Bladensburg High0.8 mi · 2,114
- Rogers Heights Elementary1.1 mi · 450
- Hyattsville Elementary1.2 mi · 422
- Port Towns Elementary1.2 mi · 747
- Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary1.4 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Bladensburg ElementaryHow large is Bladensburg Elementary?
Bladensburg Elementary enrolls approximately 713 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bladensburg Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bladensburg Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bladensburg Elementary have?
Bladensburg Elementary employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is Bladensburg Elementary?
Bladensburg Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 76% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Bladensburg Elementary?
Bladensburg Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.