Brooke Grove Elementary

Brooke Grove Elementary, a modestly sized elementary campus in Olney, Maryland, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, educates 390 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students total), Brooke Grove Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Brooke Grove Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Black (29%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 28% White, 23% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Brooke Grove Elementary has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 35% of students at Brooke Grove Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Brooke Grove Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.6%, the actual is 45.6%, a residual of -8.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Brooke Grove Elementary is one.

Greenwood Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brooke Grove Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brooke Grove Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 60.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Brooke Grove Elementary's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 407 (now 390). Over the same period, the White share fell from 41% to 28%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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