Clearspring Elementary

Clearspring Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary schools in Damascus, Maryland, part of Montgomery County Public Schools, with 541 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 208 schools with combined enrollment of 159,181 students; Clearspring Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Clearspring Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 29%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 17% Black, 13% Asian, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Clearspring Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 42% of students at Clearspring Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clearspring Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.2%, the actual is 57.6%, a residual of +8.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Clearspring Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lois P. Rockwell Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Clearspring Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 663 students in 2018 compared to 541 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.