Catherine T. Reed Elementary

Catherine T. Reed Elementary operates as a mid-sized primary school in Lanham, Maryland, part of Prince George's County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 437 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Prince George's County Public Schools comprises 199 schools with combined enrollment of 132,693 students; Catherine T. Reed Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Catherine T. Reed Elementary shows that 70% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Catherine T. Reed Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.7%; this one delivers 32.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Prince George's County indicate median household income runs about $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 Catherine T. Reed Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Robert Goddard Montessori, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Catherine T. Reed Elementary. On composite proficiency, Catherine T. Reed Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 485 students in 2018 compared to 437 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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