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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001514
Clearspring Elementary
9930 Moyer Rd, Damascus, MD 20872 · (240) 740-2580 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
229 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 58% smaller than its 5th grade class (129).
Student demographics
77%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
60.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
51.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 51.1% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 59.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Clearspring Elementary
Clearspring Elementary's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearspring Elementary this school | 541 | 42.3% | 57.6% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Gaithersburg | 553 | 43.9% | 45.0% |
| College Gardens Elementary Rockville | 506 | 43.3% | 63.6% |
| Mill Creek Towne Elementary Rockville | 528 | 48.5% | 48.0% |
| Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary Rockville | 621 | 43.0% | 60.2% |
| Cloverly Elementary Silver Spring | 429 | 37.5% | 59.3% |
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 Clearspring Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #246 of 853 | #65 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #286 of 853 ▼ 103 | #68 of 131 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #286 of 853 ▼ 22 | #65 of 131 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #295 of 898 | #57 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #349 of 857 | #81 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.2% | #5 of 857 | #4 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #593 of 885 | #67 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #171 of 551 | #28 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
541
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 541 | 40.3 | 13.4:1 | 42% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 42.4 | 12.7:1 | 40% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 44.7 | 12.8:1 | 40% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 34% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 40.7 | 16.3:1 | 31% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 30% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 22% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 22% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 32 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clearspring Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (663 to 541); teachers down 1% (40.7 to 40.3).
About Clearspring Elementary
Clearspring Elementary is a public elementary school run by Montgomery County Public Schools in Damascus, Maryland. In all, 541 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Montgomery County Public Schools is the district for Clearspring Elementary. It has 208 schools and 159,181 students.
About 29% of students at Clearspring Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 29% White, 17% Black, 13% Asian, and 11% multiracial. Montgomery County's residents are about 21% Hispanic, 8 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 77% means there is a 77% chance two randomly chosen students at Clearspring Elementary are from different groups.
Clearspring Elementary lists 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.4 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 42% of the student body. That is in line with the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Clearspring Elementary is 8.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 57.6%. Predicted: 49.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that median household income comes to about $132,450, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 211, with about 159,181 students.
Clearspring Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Lois P. Rockwell Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Clearspring Elementary is behind the 60.9% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 541, from 562 in 2020-21.
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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 Damascus
- Damascus HighHigh · 1,390 students
- John T. Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 841 students
- Lois P. Rockwell ElementaryElementary · 518 students
- Damascus ElementaryElementary · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Lois P. Rockwell Elementary0.8 mi · 518
- John T. Baker Middle School0.8 mi · 841
- Woodfield Elementary1.1 mi · 314
- Damascus High1.1 mi · 1,390
- Damascus Elementary1.4 mi · 331
- Cedar Grove Elementary1.8 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Clearspring ElementaryHow many students attend Clearspring Elementary?
Clearspring Elementary enrolls approximately 541 students in grades PK-05.
Is Clearspring Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clearspring Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Clearspring Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Clearspring Elementary.
How diverse is Clearspring Elementary?
Clearspring Elementary reports a student body of 29% White, 29% Hispanic, 17% Black, 13% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Clearspring Elementary?
Clearspring 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.