Carrollton Elementary

Carrollton Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in New Carrollton, Maryland, run under Prince George's County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 539 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Prince George's County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 132,693 students, Carrollton Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Carrollton Elementary lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 25% Black, 7% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Carrollton Elementary has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 93% of students at Carrollton Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Carrollton Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.3%.

Across the wider county, Prince George's County reports that median household earnings sit near $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 Carrollton Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Charles Carroll Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carrollton Elementary. On composite proficiency, Carrollton Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 25.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 663 students in 2018 compared to 539 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 39% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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