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What's something College Gardens Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000810
College Gardens Elementary
1700 Yale Place, Rockville, MD 20850 · (301) 279-8470 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
219 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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
78%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
70.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.5% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.4% | 56.6% |
% 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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 15 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 College Gardens Elementary
College Gardens Elementary's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Gardens Elementary this school | 506 | 43.3% | 63.6% |
| Thunder Hill Elementary Columbia | 459 | 37.7% | 48.0% |
| Clearspring Elementary Damascus | 541 | 42.3% | 57.6% |
| Forest Ridge Elementary Laurel | 659 | 40.8% | 43.7% |
| Stonegate Elementary Silver Spring | 565 | 34.5% | 56.4% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Gaithersburg | 553 | 43.9% | 45.0% |
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 College Gardens Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #172 of 853 | #47 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #173 of 853 ▲ 41 | #43 of 131 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #140 of 853 ▲ 37 | #36 of 131 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #370 of 898 | #71 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #413 of 857 | #91 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.8% | #1 of 857 | #1 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #583 of 885 | #65 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.6% | #13 of 551 | #4 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
506
-77 (-13%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 506 | 36.8 | 13.8:1 | 43% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 34.9 | 14.5:1 | 39% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 33.8 | 13.9:1 | 34% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 22% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 881 | 49 | 18.0:1 | 12% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 890 | 46 | 19.4:1 | 14% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 791 | 43 | 18.4:1 | 12% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 14% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 572 | 28 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for College Gardens Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (881 to 506); teachers down 25% (49 to 36.8).
About College Gardens Elementary
College Gardens Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Rockville, Maryland. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 506 students in pre-K through 5.
Montgomery County Public Schools is made up of 208 schools with 159,181 students in all.
College Gardens Elementary has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 28%. The remaining shares are 24% White, 22% Hispanic, 17% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Montgomery County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school's share is higher. College Gardens Elementary's diversity index is 78%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 36.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.8:1. That matches the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 43%. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
allk12 grades College Gardens Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations places College Gardens Elementary in the top 10% of Maryland schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 15.0 points above it (63.6% actual, 48.6% predicted).
According to the American Community Survey, in Montgomery County, the median household income is $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 211 public schools in Montgomery County, enrolling about 159,181 students in all.
The nearest other public school, PEP - Itinerant, is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. College Gardens Elementary places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, College Gardens Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show a 13% enrollment decrease, from 583 in 2020-21 to 506 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.3:1 to 13.8:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at College Gardens Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- Julius West MiddleMiddle · 1,365 students
Nearby schools
- PEP - Itinerant0.6 mi · 90
- Beall Elementary1.0 mi · 475
- Maryvale Elementary1.6 mi · 617
- Carl Sandburg Center1.6 mi · 65
- Julius West Middle1.8 mi · 1,365
- Richard Montgomery High1.8 mi · 2,366
Frequently asked questions
About College Gardens ElementaryHow many students attend College Gardens Elementary?
College Gardens Elementary enrolls approximately 506 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does College Gardens Elementary serve?
College Gardens Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at College Gardens Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at College Gardens Elementary is approximately 13.8:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at College Gardens Elementary?
At College Gardens Elementary, the student body is approximately 24% White, 22% Hispanic, 28% Black, 17% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees College Gardens Elementary?
College Gardens 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.