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What's the one class at Burning Tree Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
479
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000793
Burning Tree Elementary
7900 Beech Tree Rd, Bethesda, MD 20817 · (240) 740-1750 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
41 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
67%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
78.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
78.6%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.8% | 78.6% |
| 2023-24 | 81.6% | 81.3% |
% 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
80.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Burning Tree Elementary
Burning Tree Elementary's state test result (80.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Tree Elementary this school | 479 | 8.6% | 80.1% |
| Seven Locks Elementary Bethesda | 376 | 7.2% | 83.6% |
| West Friendship Elementary West Friendship | 367 | 8.2% | 81.0% |
| Bannockburn Elementary Bethesda | 446 | 4.0% | 86.8% |
| Pinewood Elementary Timonium | 598 | 14.5% | 79.5% |
| Ritchie Park Elementary Rockville | 342 | 12.6% | 80.3% |
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 Burning Tree Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #30 of 853 | #14 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #35 of 853 ▼ 16 | #16 of 131 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #65 of 853 ▼ 27 | #19 of 131 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #426 of 898 | #82 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #435 of 857 | #95 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #268 of 857 | #78 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.6% | #863 of 885 | #128 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #226 of 294 | #26 of 34 |
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
479
+59 (+14%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 479 | 34.4 | 13.9:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 31.7 | 15.3:1 | 7% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 32.4 | 13.5:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 33 | 12.7:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 32.4 | 14.3:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 6% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 30 | 16.6:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 21 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burning Tree Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (463 to 479); teachers up 6% (32.4 to 34.4).
About Burning Tree Elementary
Burning Tree Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Bethesda, Maryland. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 479 students.
Montgomery County Public Schools has 159,181 students spread across 208 schools.
Of every 100 students at Burning Tree Elementary, about 51 are White. After that, the student body is 21% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of Montgomery County, the White share is about 42%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. The school has 34.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is similar, at 13.8:1. In all, 9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 31 points below the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Burning Tree Elementary outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 69.2% for Burning Tree Elementary. The school posts 80.1%, 10.9 points above the prediction.
In Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $132,450, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 211, with about 159,181 students.
Of the public schools around it, Burning Tree Elementary is closest to Thomas W. Pyle Middle, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Burning Tree Elementary at 6th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 479, from 420 in 2020-21. The ratio was 12.7:1 in 2020-21 and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Bethesda
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
- Walt Whitman HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Thomas W. Pyle MiddleMiddle · 1,259 students
- North Bethesda MiddleMiddle · 1,224 students
- Ashburton ElementaryElementary · 871 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas W. Pyle Middle0.7 mi · 1,259
- Walt Whitman High1.0 mi · 2,056
- Bannockburn Elementary1.1 mi · 446
- North Bethesda Middle1.4 mi · 1,224
- Bradley Hills Elementary1.5 mi · 474
- Wyngate Elementary1.6 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Burning Tree ElementaryHow large is Burning Tree Elementary?
Burning Tree Elementary enrolls approximately 479 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Burning Tree Elementary serve?
Burning Tree Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Burning Tree Elementary have?
Burning Tree Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Burning Tree Elementary?
Student demographics at Burning Tree Elementary are roughly 51% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 21% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Burning Tree Elementary in?
Burning Tree Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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