Carmody Hills Elementary

Carmody Hills Elementary, a modestly sized K-5 school in Capitol Heights, Maryland, one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools, hosts 389 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 132,693 students. Carmody Hills Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carmody Hills Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 45% Hispanic, 3% White.

On the resource side, On paper, Carmody Hills Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 93% of students at Carmody Hills Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carmody Hills Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.0%, the actual is 18.3%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Prince George's County indicate median household earnings sit near $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Carmody Hills Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Judith P. Hoyer Montessori, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Carmody Hills Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Carmody Hills Elementary's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 433 (now 389). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 82% to 51%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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