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If you could change one rule at Bradbury Heights Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000991
Bradbury Heights Elementary
1401 Glacier Ave, Capital Heights, MD 20743 · (301) 817-0570 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% 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
11.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
333 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 32 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
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
14.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
11.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.1% | 11.8% |
| 2023-24 | 18.3% | 15.6% |
% 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
14.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Bradbury Heights Elementary
Bradbury Heights Elementary's state test result (14.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradbury Heights Elementary this school | 354 | 94.1% | 14.9% |
| Hillcrest Heights Elementary Temple Hills | 388 | 93.6% | 23.6% |
| High Bridge Elementary Bowie | 394 | 92.4% | 35.5% |
| William Beanes Elementary Suitland | 424 | 90.3% | 16.8% |
| District Heights Elementary District Heights | 365 | 94.8% | 20.3% |
| Doswell E. Brooks Elementary Capital Heights | 291 | 90.7% | 29.8% |
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 Bradbury Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #836 of 853 | #133 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #832 of 853 ▼ 54 | #127 of 136 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #845 of 853 ▼ 49 | #136 of 136 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #679 of 898 | #104 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #76 of 857 | #15 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #539 of 857 | #74 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #20 of 885 | #14 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.5% | #65 of 551 | #11 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
354
-124 (-26%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 354 | 32.3 | 11.0:1 | 94% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 34.3 | 11.0:1 | 95% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 35.5 | 12.5:1 | 74% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 38 | 12.6:1 | 79% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 35.8 | 14.0:1 | 78% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 33 | 14.5:1 | 82% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 75% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 732 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 72% (525) |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 28 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bradbury Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (502 to 354); teachers down 10% (35.8 to 32.3).
About Bradbury Heights Elementary
At 1401 Glacier Ave in Capital Heights, Maryland, Bradbury Heights Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 354 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students.
The 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools enroll 132,693 students altogether, Bradbury Heights Elementary among them.
Black students are the majority at Bradbury Heights Elementary, with 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 33% Hispanic. Bradbury Heights Elementary's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
Bradbury Heights Elementary's 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 11.0:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 94%. The rate at public schools in Prince George's County averages 79%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Bradbury Heights Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 18.6% for a school in Maryland with Bradbury Heights Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Bradbury Heights Elementary posts 14.9%.
Bradbury Heights Elementary is located in Prince George's County, where the median household income is $101,798, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Bradbury Heights Elementary, Prince George's County has 202 other public schools.
The closest public school, William W. Hall Academy, is about 0.6 miles from Bradbury Heights Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Bradbury Heights Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment is down 26% from 2020-21, when Bradbury Heights Elementary had 478 students, to 2024-25, when it had 354. Students per teacher fell from 12.6 in 2020-21 to 11.0 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 Capital Heights
- Robert R. Gray ElementaryElementary · 375 students
- Doswell E. Brooks ElementaryElementary · 291 students
- Seat Pleasant ElementaryElementary · 284 students
Nearby schools
- William W. Hall Academy0.6 mi · 444
- Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep0.6 mi · 530
- Malcolm X ES at Green0.7 mi · 170
- KIPP DC - Promise Academy PCS0.8 mi · 614
- KIPP DC - KEY Academy PCS0.8 mi · 422
- KIPP DC - LEAP Academy PCS0.8 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About Bradbury Heights ElementaryHow large is Bradbury Heights Elementary?
Bradbury Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bradbury Heights Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bradbury Heights Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bradbury Heights Elementary have?
Bradbury Heights Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Bradbury Heights Elementary?
Student demographics at Bradbury Heights Elementary are roughly 1% White, 33% Hispanic, 64% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Bradbury Heights Elementary public or private?
Bradbury 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.