Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000997
Capitol Heights Elementary
601 Suffolk Ave, Capitol Heights, MD 20743 · (301) 817-0494 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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
10.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
193 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 8 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 65% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
66.6%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
56.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.6% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 51.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Capitol Heights Elementary
Capitol Heights Elementary's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Heights Elementary this school | 317 | 60.9% | 61.2% |
| Francis T. Evans Elementary Clinton | 393 | 60.3% | 49.5% |
| Glenmar Elementary Baltimore | 263 | 60.5% | 23.1% |
| Rockledge Elementary Bowie | 319 | 62.4% | 33.6% |
| Randallstown Elementary Randallstown | 322 | 57.8% | 45.9% |
| Fort Washington Forest Elem Fort Washington | 323 | 60.1% | 34.9% |
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 Capitol Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #206 of 853 | #5 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #230 of 853 ▲ 44 | #9 of 136 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #196 of 853 ▼ 69 | #8 of 136 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #730 of 898 | #113 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #40 of 857 | #7 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #478 of 857 | #52 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #389 of 885 | #113 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.4% | #24 of 294 | #4 of 39 |
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
317
+20 (+7%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 317 | 30.4 | 10.4:1 | 61% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 26.4 | 11.4:1 | 59% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 27.5 | 10.5:1 | 61% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 56% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 22.7 | 10.1:1 | 65% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 235 | 21 | 11.2:1 | 68% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 228 | 16 | 14.3:1 | 68% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 20 | 21.3:1 | 63% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 23 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Capitol Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (229 to 317); teachers up 34% (22.7 to 30.4).
About Capitol Heights Elementary
Capitol Heights Elementary, located in Capitol Heights, Maryland, is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its 317 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students.
Prince George's County Public Schools is the local district for Capitol Heights Elementary. It runs 199 schools with 132,693 students.
Capitol Heights Elementary is 63% Black by enrollment. The remaining students are 25% Hispanic and 10% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Capitol Heights Elementary employs 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Capitol Heights Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 61%. That is lower than the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Capitol Heights Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Capitol Heights Elementary is a top-10% school in Maryland on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.2% with an actual 61.2%.
Census estimates describe Prince George's County this way: the median household income is $101,798, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Prince George's County has 203 public schools and roughly 132,693 students.
The closest public school to Capitol Heights Elementary is DC Scholars PCS, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 20 students since 2020-21, to 317.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Capitol Heights Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Capitol Heights
- Walker Mill MiddleMiddle · 1,054 students
- Central HighHigh · 754 students
- William W. Hall AcademyElementary · 444 students
- Carmody Hills ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- H Winship Wheatley E C CElementary · 345 students
- John H. Bayne ElementaryElementary · 339 students
Nearby schools
- DC Scholars PCS0.7 mi · 478
- Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - East End0.7 mi · 353
- Maya Angelou PCS - High School0.7 mi · 218
- C.W. Harris Elementary School0.7 mi · 251
- Doswell E. Brooks Elementary0.7 mi · 291
- William W. Hall Academy0.8 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About Capitol Heights ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Capitol Heights Elementary?
Capitol Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 317 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Capitol Heights Elementary serve?
Capitol Heights Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Capitol Heights Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Capitol Heights Elementary is approximately 10.4:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Capitol Heights Elementary?
Student demographics at Capitol Heights Elementary are roughly 10% White, 25% Hispanic, 63% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Capitol Heights Elementary?
Capitol Heights Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
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