Clinton Grove Elementary

Set in Clinton, Maryland, Clinton Grove Elementary is an intimate primary school, one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools. It teaches 295 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Prince George's County Public Schools comprises 199 schools with combined enrollment of 132,693 students; Clinton Grove Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Clinton Grove Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 36% Hispanic, 9% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews meaningfully less Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, Clinton Grove Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 23.2%, a residual of +1.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Prince George's County indicate the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Clinton Grove Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Surrattsville High, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clinton Grove Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 27.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 15%: 256 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 75% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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