Calverton Elementary

Set in Beltsville, Maryland, Calverton Elementary is a substantial elementary-level community, run under Prince George's County Public Schools. It teaches 767 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 59% bigger than the state mean of about 481.

Calverton Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that works with 132,693 students overall.

Demographically, Calverton Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Black, 4% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Calverton Elementary shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Calverton Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.9%.

In the area at large, Prince George's County reports that median household income runs about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Calverton Elementary is one.

Galway Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Calverton Elementary. On composite proficiency, Calverton Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 31.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 860 students in 2018 compared to 767 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 37% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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