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What's the biggest difference between Brooke Grove Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048090451
Brooke Grove Elementary
2700 Spartan Rd, Olney, MD 20832 · (240) 722-1800 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
136 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
Student demographics
76%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
49.6%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 37.0% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 →
Where Brooke Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #404 of 853 | #85 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #366 of 853 | #80 of 131 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #438 of 853 | #84 of 131 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #617 of 898 | #113 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #80 of 857 | #25 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.4% | #12 of 857 | #9 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #666 of 885 | #79 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #469 of 551 | #84 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
390
-60 (-13%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 390 | 35.3 | 11.1:1 | 35% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 34.9 | 11.9:1 | 31% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 36% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 25% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 31.4 | 13.0:1 | 26% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 22% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 21% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 626 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 9% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 23 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brooke Grove Elementary.
About Brooke Grove Elementary
Brooke Grove Elementary runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in Olney, Maryland. Federal data show 390 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Brooke Grove Elementary is run by Montgomery County Public Schools, whose 208 schools enroll 159,181 students.
No group is above 50% at Brooke Grove Elementary; the largest is Black, at 29%. After that, the student body is 28% White, 23% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of Montgomery County, the Black share is about 19%. The diversity index for Brooke Grove Elementary is 76%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.1:1. Elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1, 2.8 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 35% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 53.6%.
Census data for Montgomery County show median household income comes to about $132,450, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 211 public schools in the county, enrolling about 159,181, Brooke Grove Elementary among them.
Greenwood Elementary sits about 0.9 miles from Brooke Grove Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 60.2% proficiency; Brooke Grove Elementary posts 45.6%.
NCES describes the area around Brooke Grove Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 390, compared with 450 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.1:1.
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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 Olney
- Rosa M. Parks MiddleMiddle · 863 students
- William H. Farquhar MiddleMiddle · 682 students
- Olney ElementaryElementary · 585 students
- Belmont ElementaryElementary · 343 students
Nearby schools
- Greenwood Elementary0.9 mi · 534
- Olney Elementary1.1 mi · 585
- Sherwood Elementary1.1 mi · 498
- William H. Farquhar Middle1.5 mi · 682
- Belmont Elementary1.7 mi · 343
- Sherwood High1.8 mi · 1,675
Frequently asked questions
About Brooke Grove ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Brooke Grove Elementary?
Brooke Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-05.
Is Brooke Grove Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brooke Grove Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Brooke Grove Elementary have?
Brooke Grove Elementary employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brooke Grove Elementary?
At Brooke Grove Elementary, the student body is approximately 28% White, 23% Hispanic, 29% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Brooke Grove Elementary?
Brooke Grove Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.