Cashell Elementary

Cashell Elementary operates as a compact elementary school in Rockville, Maryland, one of the schools within Montgomery County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 386 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Montgomery County Public Schools, which oversees 208 schools and 159,181 students, Cashell Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Cashell Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 25% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cashell Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 28% of students at Cashell Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cashell Elementary sits in the top 10% of Maryland schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 57.5%; actual is 71.6%, +14.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) shows that median household income runs about $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Cashell Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Olney Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cashell Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cashell Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Cashell Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 382 (now 386). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.