Bradley Hills Elementary

Located at 8701 Hartsdale Ave, in Bethesda, Maryland, Bradley Hills Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school that educates 474 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.

Within Montgomery County Public Schools, which oversees 208 schools and 159,181 students, Bradley Hills Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Bradley Hills Elementary shows that 65% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 14% Asian, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Bradley Hills Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 2% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bradley Hills Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) records that median household earnings sit near $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Bradley Hills Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: North Bethesda Middle, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bradley Hills Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 67.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 630 students in 2018 compared to 474 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.