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Enrollment
389
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000998
Carmody Hills Elementary
401 Jadeleaf Ave, Capitol Heights, MD 20743 · (301) 808-8180 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
363 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 37 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
54%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
26.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
11.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.3% | 11.5% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 16.1% |
% 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Carmody Hills Elementary
Carmody Hills Elementary's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmody Hills Elementary this school | 389 | 93.3% | 18.3% |
| Robert R. Gray Elementary Capital Heights | 375 | 92.5% | 33.0% |
| Barnaby Manor Elementary Oxon Hill | 438 | 91.1% | 30.9% |
| Samuel Chase Elementary Temple Hills | 355 | 89.3% | 22.9% |
| Columbia Park Elementary Landover | 429 | 92.3% | 23.8% |
| Georgetown East Elementary Annapolis | 330 | 90.0% | 21.1% |
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 Carmody Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #808 of 853 | #124 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #836 of 853 ▼ 67 | #129 of 136 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #761 of 853 ▲ 22 | #110 of 136 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #618 of 898 | #86 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #318 of 857 | #70 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #464 of 857 | #49 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #35 of 885 | #27 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #341 of 551 | #72 of 99 |
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
389
-23 (-6%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 389 | 29.5 | 13.2:1 | 93% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 92% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 24.3 | 18.2:1 | 72% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 91% (374) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 25.9 | 16.7:1 | 100% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 88% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 22 | 16.2:1 | 76% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 69% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 26 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carmody Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (433 to 389); teachers up 14% (25.9 to 29.5).
About Carmody Hills Elementary
Carmody Hills Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Capitol Heights, Maryland. There are 389 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Carmody Hills Elementary is among 199 schools run by Prince George's County Public Schools, which serves 132,693 students.
Of every 100 students at Carmody Hills Elementary, about 51 are Black. It is also 45% Hispanic and 3% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carmody Hills Elementary scores 54%.
There are 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is similar, at 13.8:1. On the income side, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Carmody Hills Elementary outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Carmody Hills Elementary is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 18.3% actual, 19.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
Prince George's County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Prince George's County's 203 public schools enroll about 132,693 students and include Carmody Hills Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Judith P. Hoyer Montessori is about 0.5 miles from Carmody Hills Elementary. The five-mile area around Carmody Hills Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 28.1%, higher than Carmody Hills Elementary's 18.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 6%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.5 to 13.2 over 4 years.
People who know Carmody Hills Elementary can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- H Winship Wheatley E C CElementary · 345 students
- John H. Bayne ElementaryElementary · 339 students
- Capitol Heights ElementaryElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Judith P. Hoyer Montessori0.5 mi · 361
- Highland Park Elementary0.6 mi · 210
- G. James Gholson Middle0.8 mi · 603
- Cora L. Rice Elementary0.8 mi · 516
- Central High1.0 mi · 754
- Seat Pleasant Elementary1.0 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Carmody Hills ElementaryHow many students attend Carmody Hills Elementary?
Carmody Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 389 students in grades PK-05.
Is Carmody Hills Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carmody Hills Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Carmody Hills Elementary?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Carmody Hills Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carmody Hills Elementary?
At Carmody Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 45% Hispanic, 51% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Carmody Hills Elementary?
Carmody Hills Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.