Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000801
Cedar Grove Elementary
24001 Ridge Rd, Germantown, MD 20876 · (240) 740-6190 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
88 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
77.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.8% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.3% | 79.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Cedar Grove Elementary
Cedar Grove Elementary's state test result (79.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove Elementary this school | 326 | 27.0% | 79.7% |
| Lakewood Elementary Rockville | 406 | 21.2% | 78.2% |
| Wilson Wims Elementary School Clarksburg | 484 | 19.0% | 79.9% |
| Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary Germantown | 530 | 28.7% | 72.5% |
| Clarksburg Elementary Clarksburg | 365 | 35.1% | 69.2% |
| Travilah Elementary North Potomac | 372 | 13.4% | 86.0% |
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 Cedar Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #33 of 853 | #17 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #27 of 853 ▼ 1 | #12 of 131 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #75 of 853 ▼ 33 | #21 of 131 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #717 of 898 | #130 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #118 of 857 | #38 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #52 of 857 | #27 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #739 of 885 | #99 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.7% | #6 of 551 | #3 of 97 |
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
326
-53 (-14%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 326 | 28.4 | 11.5:1 | 27% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 28.3 | 12.3:1 | 23% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 29.5 | 13.1:1 | 21% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 13% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 34.4 | 17.8:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 33 | 17.7:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 21 | 16.2:1 | 13% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 28 | 20.1:1 | 11% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 649 | 31 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (612 to 326); teachers down 17% (34.4 to 28.4).
About Cedar Grove Elementary
Germantown, Maryland, is home to Cedar Grove Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. There are 326 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 32% below the 481-student average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Montgomery County Public Schools, which runs Cedar Grove Elementary, has 208 schools and 159,181 students.
About 39% of students at Cedar Grove Elementary are Asian, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 22% White, 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Montgomery County, the Asian share is about 15%. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at Cedar Grove Elementary are from different groups.
Cedar Grove Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1, with 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 27% at Cedar Grove Elementary. Among public schools in Montgomery County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.
Cedar Grove Elementary is in the top 10% of Maryland schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.2%. The school's actual rate is 79.7%, 21.5 points higher.
For the population of Montgomery County, the median household earns about $132,450 a year, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Cedar Grove Elementary shares Montgomery County with 210 other public schools.
The closest school to Cedar Grove Elementary is Lois P. Rockwell Elementary, located about 1.1 miles away. Cedar Grove Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Cedar Grove Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 79.7% versus a 63.2% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 53 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 11.5 students per teacher, compared with 13.5 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Cedar Grove Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
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- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Kingsview MiddleMiddle · 908 students
- Roberto W. Clemente MiddleMiddle · 888 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Neelsville MiddleMiddle · 781 students
Other Cedar Grove Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Cedar Grove Elementary. Cedar Grove Elementary is the 9th largest of the 10.
- Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolTOMS RIVER, NJ · 931 students
- Cedar Grove ElementarySmyrna, TN · 856 students
- Cedar Grove ElementaryWilliamston, SC · 596 students
- Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolEllenwood, GA · 531 students
- Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolLIVINGSTON, TX · 513 students
Nearby schools
- Lois P. Rockwell Elementary1.1 mi · 518
- Hallie Wells Middle1.2 mi · 931
- Wilson Wims Elementary School1.8 mi · 484
- Clearspring Elementary1.8 mi · 541
- Snowden Farm Elementary1.8 mi · 578
- John T. Baker Middle School1.8 mi · 841
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Grove ElementaryHow many students attend Cedar Grove Elementary?
Cedar Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 326 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cedar Grove Elementary serve?
Cedar Grove Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Cedar Grove Elementary?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Cedar Grove Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Cedar Grove Elementary?
Student demographics at Cedar Grove Elementary are roughly 22% White, 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, 39% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Cedar Grove Elementary in?
Cedar Grove Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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