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What's the biggest difference between Brandywine Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000992
Brandywine Elementary
14101 Brandywine Rd, Brandywine, MD 20613 · (301) 372-0100 · Prince George's County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
17.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
334 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
42%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
46.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +19.1pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.6% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 21.5% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Brandywine Elementary
Brandywine Elementary's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandywine Elementary this school | 572 | 58.4% | 27.9% |
| C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School Waldorf | 598 | 60.5% | 53.9% |
| Northview Elementary Bowie | 587 | 62.5% | 33.2% |
| Rosaryville Elementary Upper Marlboro | 517 | 61.1% | 32.1% |
| William B. Wade Elementary School Waldorf | 651 | 57.1% | 38.5% |
| Bedford Elementary Baltimore | 586 | 64.5% | 41.1% |
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 Brandywine Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #669 of 853 | #75 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #791 of 853 ▼ 115 | #112 of 136 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #477 of 853 ▲ 219 | #32 of 136 ▲ 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #252 of 898 | #28 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #828 of 857 | #140 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #604 of 857 | #88 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #434 of 885 | #119 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.2% | #26 of 294 | #5 of 39 |
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
572
+138 (+32%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 572 | 32.4 | 17.6:1 | 58% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 32.4 | 17.7:1 | 56% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 28.4 | 18.5:1 | 56% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 23 | 18.9:1 | 45% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 22.9 | 18.1:1 | 47% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 23 | 18.4:1 | 49% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 27 | 20.1:1 | 46% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 25 | 19.9:1 | 35% (175) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 24 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brandywine Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (414 to 572); teachers up 41% (22.9 to 32.4).
About Brandywine Elementary
Brandywine Elementary is a public elementary school run by Prince George's County Public Schools in Brandywine, Maryland. The school has 572 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
Brandywine Elementary is one of the 199 schools that make up Prince George's County Public Schools (132,693 students in total).
The share of Black students at Brandywine Elementary is 73%, a majority. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% White. Census figures show Prince George's County is about 59% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.6:1. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 13.8:1. Of all students at Brandywine Elementary, 58% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County is 21 points.
Brandywine Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Maryland public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Brandywine Elementary is 11.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 27.9%. Predicted: 39.7%.
Prince George's County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $101,798 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Prince George's County number 203, with about 132,693 students.
Gwynn Park High, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 6. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Brandywine Elementary ranks 4th of 8 on average proficiency.
Brandywine Elementary is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 572 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 434. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.9:1 in 2020-21 to 17.6:1 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 Brandywine
- Gwynn Park HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Gwynn Park MiddleMiddle · 702 students
- Baden ElementaryElementary · 184 students
- William Schmidt Environmental CenterElementary
Other Brandywine Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Brandywine Elementary. Brandywine Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolAlpharetta, GA · 968 students
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolNILES, MI · 379 students
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolGreenfield, IN · 338 students
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolBrandywine, WV · 114 students
Nearby schools
- Gwynn Park High1.0 mi · 1,147
- Gwynn Park Middle1.1 mi · 702
- Mattaponi Elementary4.4 mi · 391
- Waldon Woods Elementary4.4 mi · 523
- Rosaryville Elementary4.7 mi · 517
- Friendship Aspire Bowie Charter5.0 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About Brandywine ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Brandywine Elementary?
Brandywine Elementary enrolls approximately 572 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Brandywine Elementary serve?
Brandywine Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Brandywine Elementary have?
Brandywine Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Brandywine Elementary?
Student demographics at Brandywine Elementary are roughly 3% White, 19% Hispanic, 73% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Brandywine Elementary public or private?
Brandywine 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.