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Alumni: what's one memory from Burtonsville Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
601
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000794
Burtonsville Elementary
15516 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD 20866 · (240) 740-5700 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
330 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
62%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
51.9%
MD avg 50.6% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
37.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 55.9% | 41.6% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Burtonsville Elementary
Burtonsville Elementary's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burtonsville Elementary this school | 601 | 54.9% | 46.8% |
| Galway Elementary Silver Spring | 695 | 58.6% | 46.5% |
| Laurel Woods Elementary Laurel | 625 | 58.4% | 38.1% |
| Fairland Elementary Silver Spring | 553 | 58.6% | 47.0% |
| Glenarden Woods Elementary Lanham | 516 | 47.3% | 90.1% |
| Greencastle Elementary Silver Spring | 722 | 60.4% | 29.3% |
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 Burtonsville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #377 of 853 | #79 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #470 of 853 ▼ 80 | #95 of 131 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #394 of 853 ▼ 103 | #80 of 131 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #212 of 898 | #38 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #493 of 857 | #100 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #348 of 857 | #97 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #480 of 885 | #49 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #224 of 294 | #25 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
601
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 601 | 41.8 | 14.4:1 | 55% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 43.6 | 14.0:1 | 53% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 39.3 | 15.7:1 | 59% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 45% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 39% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 47% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 44% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 757 | 36 | 21.0:1 | 17% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 23 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burtonsville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (580 to 601); teachers up 16% (36 to 41.8).
About Burtonsville Elementary
Burtonsville Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Burtonsville, Maryland. Enrollment totals 601 students across kindergarten through 5. The school is 25% larger than the average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Burtonsville Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools, where 208 schools serve 159,181 students.
Federal enrollment data show Burtonsville Elementary is 56% Black. The remaining shares are 23% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. Montgomery County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
Burtonsville Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1, with 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 13.8:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 55% at Burtonsville Elementary. It compares with 40% for public schools in Montgomery County.
On the allk12 Grade, Burtonsville Elementary lands at B, ahead of 56% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Burtonsville Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.8% is 5.0 points above the 41.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that the median household earns about $132,450 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County has 211 public schools with about 159,181 students, including Burtonsville Elementary.
The closest school to Burtonsville Elementary is Benjamin Banneker Middle, located about 1.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Burtonsville Elementary ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 46.8% against a local average of 37.2%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 601, close to the 608 recorded in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Burtonsville Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Burtonsville
- Paint Branch HighHigh · 2,038 students
- Benjamin Banneker MiddleMiddle · 705 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Banneker Middle1.2 mi · 705
- Fairland Elementary1.8 mi · 553
- Paint Branch High1.8 mi · 2,038
- Briggs Chaney Middle1.9 mi · 858
- Greencastle Elementary2.2 mi · 722
- Bond Mill Elementary2.2 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Burtonsville ElementaryHow many students attend Burtonsville Elementary?
Burtonsville Elementary enrolls approximately 601 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Burtonsville Elementary serve?
Burtonsville Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Burtonsville Elementary?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Burtonsville Elementary.
How diverse is Burtonsville Elementary?
Burtonsville Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 23% Hispanic, 56% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Burtonsville Elementary public or private?
Burtonsville Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.