Burtonsville Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Burtonsville, Maryland, Burtonsville Elementary hosts 601 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Burtonsville Elementary sits 25% larger than that benchmark.

Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools in total, collectively educating 159,181 students. Burtonsville Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Burtonsville Elementary shows that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 5% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Burtonsville Elementary has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at Burtonsville Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Burtonsville Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household earnings sit near $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Burtonsville Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Benjamin Banneker Middle, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Burtonsville Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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