Enrollment
362
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000809
Cold Spring Elementary
9201 Falls Chapel Way, Potomac, MD 20854 · (240) 740-4390 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
28 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 26% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 55% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
67%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
83.4%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
88.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.4% | 88.9% |
| 2023-24 | 86.1% | 77.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Cold Spring Elementary
Cold Spring Elementary's state test result (84.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Spring Elementary this school | 362 | 7.7% | 84.0% |
| Worthington Elementary Ellicott City | 403 | 11.7% | 81.8% |
| Potomac Elementary Potomac | 475 | 7.6% | 83.8% |
| Wayside Elementary Potomac | 465 | 9.9% | 85.3% |
| Travilah Elementary North Potomac | 372 | 13.4% | 86.0% |
| Beverly Farms Elementary Potomac | 526 | 8.6% | 82.7% |
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 Cold Spring Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #13 of 853 | #7 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.9% | #2 of 853 ▲ 34 | #1 of 131 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #32 of 853 ▼ 16 | #12 of 131 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #667 of 898 | #120 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #754 of 857 | #125 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #263 of 857 | #77 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.7% | #872 of 885 | #130 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #126 of 294 | #10 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
362
+45 (+14%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 362 | 21.9 | 16.5:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 22.4 | 15.0:1 | 4% (12) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 22.4 | 15.7:1 | 5% (17) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 17.5 | 18.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 18 | 18.6:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 20 | 18.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 16 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cold Spring Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (327 to 362); teachers up 25% (17.5 to 21.9).
About Cold Spring Elementary
A low-enrollment elementary school in Potomac, Maryland, Cold Spring Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 362 students. Elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students, which makes this school 25% below average.
Montgomery County Public Schools operates 208 schools. Combined enrollment is 159,181 students.
White students account for 43% of enrollment at Cold Spring Elementary, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 36% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. Montgomery County residents are about 42% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
The school has 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.5 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Of all students at Cold Spring Elementary, 8% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Montgomery County, the average is 40%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Cold Spring Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in Maryland. Predicted: 69.6%. Actual: 84.0%.
The school is in Montgomery County, where median household income comes to about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Montgomery County's 211 public schools enroll about 159,181 students and include Cold Spring Elementary.
Ritchie Park Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Cold Spring Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Cold Spring Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 84.0% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Cold Spring Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
A 14% rise took enrollment from 317 in 2020-21 to 362 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Cold Spring Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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- 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 Potomac
- Winston Churchill HighHigh · 2,185 students
- Cabin John MiddleMiddle · 983 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMiddle · 930 students
- Bells Mill ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- Beverly Farms ElementaryElementary · 526 students
- Potomac ElementaryElementary · 475 students
Other Cold Spring Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cold Spring Elementary. Cold Spring Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- COLD SPRING ELEMENTARYCOLD SPRING, MN · 656 students
- Cold Spring Elementary SchoolDoylestown, PA · 470 students
- Cold Spring ElementarySanta Barbara, CA · 188 students
Nearby schools
- Ritchie Park Elementary0.8 mi · 342
- Beverly Farms Elementary0.8 mi · 526
- Herbert Hoover Middle1.1 mi · 930
- Robert Frost Middle School1.2 mi · 915
- Wayside Elementary1.2 mi · 465
- Thomas S. Wootton High1.3 mi · 1,870
Frequently asked questions
About Cold Spring ElementaryHow many students attend Cold Spring Elementary?
Cold Spring Elementary enrolls approximately 362 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cold Spring Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cold Spring Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Cold Spring Elementary have?
Cold Spring Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cold Spring Elementary?
At Cold Spring Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 36% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Cold Spring Elementary public or private?
Cold Spring Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.