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What tradition at Chevy Chase Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000803
Chevy Chase Elementary
4015 Rosemary St, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 · (301) 657-4994 · Montgomery County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
18.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
151 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 106 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 177 | 41% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 35% |
Student demographics
71%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
61.9%
MD avg 50.6% . -11.1pp since 2023
Math
56.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.9% | 56.9% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 66.3% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Chevy Chase Elementary
Chevy Chase Elementary's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevy Chase Elementary this school | 434 | 34.8% | 64.5% |
| Lutherville Laboratory Lutherville | 405 | 34.3% | 58.4% |
| Medfield Heights Elementary Baltimore | 485 | 37.9% | 66.3% |
| Ridgeway Elementary Severn | 551 | 33.0% | 49.5% |
| Seven Oaks Elementary Baltimore | 454 | 42.1% | 53.7% |
| Franklin Elementary Reisterstown | 392 | 40.1% | 61.8% |
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 Chevy Chase Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #163 of 853 | #46 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #221 of 853 ▼ 105 | #56 of 131 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #261 of 853 ▼ 160 | #58 of 131 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #540 of 898 | #105 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #842 of 857 | #136 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #150 of 857 | #49 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #667 of 885 | #80 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #243 of 294 | #28 of 34 |
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
434
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 434 | 23.7 | 18.3:1 | 35% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 22.7 | 18.8:1 | 29% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 24.8 | 17.4:1 | 25% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 20% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 22.4 | 18.9:1 | 19% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 29 | 19.2:1 | 18% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 19% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chevy Chase Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (423 to 434); teachers up 6% (22.4 to 23.7).
About Chevy Chase Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Chevy Chase Elementary serves students in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Classes run from 3 through 5, and the school has 434 students.
Chevy Chase Elementary is among 208 schools run by Montgomery County Public Schools, which serves 159,181 students.
The most common group at Chevy Chase Elementary is White students, at 43%. It is also 28% Black, 13% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That is close to the 42% White share among all Montgomery County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Chevy Chase Elementary and a ratio of 18.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 35% of enrollment.
allk12 grades Chevy Chase Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Chevy Chase Elementary is 10.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 64.5% actual, 53.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
Across Montgomery County, the median household income is $132,450, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Montgomery County is home to 211 public schools and about 159,181 public school students.
Nearest public school: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Chevy Chase Elementary ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
Chevy Chase Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 434, starting from 441.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Chevy Chase
- Rock Creek Forest ElementaryElementary · 690 students
- Somerset ElementaryElementary · 314 students
- North Chevy Chase ElementaryElementary · 237 students
Nearby schools
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase High0.7 mi · 2,377
- Somerset Elementary0.9 mi · 314
- Lafayette Elementary School1.0 mi · 923
- Bethesda Elementary1.2 mi · 645
- North Chevy Chase Elementary1.5 mi · 237
- Deal Middle School1.8 mi · 1,462
Frequently asked questions
About Chevy Chase ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Chevy Chase Elementary?
Chevy Chase Elementary enrolls approximately 434 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Chevy Chase Elementary serve?
Chevy Chase Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Chevy Chase Elementary?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Chevy Chase Elementary.
How diverse is Chevy Chase Elementary?
Chevy Chase Elementary reports a student body of 43% White, 13% Hispanic, 28% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Chevy Chase Elementary?
Chevy Chase Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.