Cold Spring Elementary

Located at 9201 Falls Chapel Way, in Potomac, Maryland, Cold Spring Elementary is a small elementary campus that instructs 362 students (grades K through 5), part of Montgomery County Public Schools. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Across the 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students total), Cold Spring Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Cold Spring Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. Compared to Montgomery County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Cold Spring Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 69.6%; this one delivers 84.0%, a residual of +14.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Montgomery County shows median household earnings sit near $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Cold Spring Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Ritchie Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cold Spring Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cold Spring Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 69.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Cold Spring Elementary's enrollment has edged up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 327 (now 362). The Asian share of enrollment edged down from 43% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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