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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001014
Cooper Lane Elementary
3817 Cooper Ln, Landover Hills, MD 20784 · (301) 925-1350 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
12.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
379 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 23 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
30.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
19.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.5% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 14.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 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 Cooper Lane Elementary
Cooper Lane Elementary's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Lane Elementary this school | 407 | 93.1% | 22.7% |
| Laurel Elementary Laurel | 472 | 90.9% | 34.8% |
| Flintstone Elementary Oxon Hill | 367 | 91.0% | 25.3% |
| Berwyn Heights Elementary Berwyn Heights | 421 | 91.4% | 14.3% |
| Gaywood Elementary Lanham | 525 | 90.5% | 30.1% |
| Oaklands Elementary Laurel | 483 | 90.3% | 18.0% |
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 Cooper Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #754 of 853 | #106 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #753 of 853 ▲ 37 | #96 of 136 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #715 of 853 ▼ 8 | #97 of 136 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #583 of 898 | #80 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #226 of 857 | #48 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #575 of 857 | #82 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #36 of 885 | #28 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #100 of 551 | #21 of 99 |
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
407
-74 (-15%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 407 | 32.8 | 12.4:1 | 93% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 33.5 | 14.1:1 | 87% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 88% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 80% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 34.4 | 15.7:1 | 82% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 83% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 80% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 32 | 18.4:1 | 74% (435) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 29 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooper Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (540 to 407); teachers down 5% (34.4 to 32.8).
About Cooper Lane Elementary
Cooper Lane Elementary is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Landover Hills, Maryland. The latest federal count shows 407 students in pre-K through 5.
Cooper Lane Elementary falls under Prince George's County Public Schools, which has 199 schools enrolling 132,693 students.
Cooper Lane Elementary is 69% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 25% Black and 3% White. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Prince George's County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Cooper Lane Elementary, 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.4:1. That is lower than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Roughly 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County is 14 points lower.
Cooper Lane Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cooper Lane Elementary scores 22.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 19.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Prince George's County, the median household income is $101,798, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Cooper Lane Elementary is one of 203 public schools in the county.
Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary is the public school closest to Cooper Lane Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Cooper Lane Elementary at 7th of 8.
Federal data place Cooper Lane Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 407, a 15% decrease from 481 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 14.6:1 to 12.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Cooper Lane Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Nearby schools
- Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary0.7 mi · 518
- Port Towns Elementary0.8 mi · 747
- Rogers Heights Elementary0.8 mi · 450
- Woodridge Elementary0.9 mi · 299
- Bladensburg High1.0 mi · 2,114
- Ellen Ochoa Middle1.0 mi · 1,086
Frequently asked questions
About Cooper Lane ElementaryHow many students attend Cooper Lane Elementary?
Cooper Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 407 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cooper Lane Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cooper Lane Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Cooper Lane Elementary?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Cooper Lane Elementary.
How diverse is Cooper Lane Elementary?
Cooper Lane Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 69% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Cooper Lane Elementary in?
Cooper Lane Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.