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If you could change one rule at Dora Kennedy French Immersion, what would it be?
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Enrollment
684
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001245
Dora Kennedy French Immersion
8950 Edmonston Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770 · (301) 918-8660 · Prince George's County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL684 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- 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
14.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
196 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 73% larger than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
56%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
72.4%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
50.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 down about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.4% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 75.4% | 60.9% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Dora Kennedy French Immersion
Dora Kennedy French Immersion's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dora Kennedy French Immersion this school | 684 | 28.7% | 64.8% |
| Monarch Academy Glen Burnie | 687 | 38.0% | 48.7% |
| The Mount Washington School Baltimore | 516 | 41.5% | 45.1% |
| Robert Goddard Montessori Seabrook | 464 | 38.1% | 48.5% |
| William A. Diggs Elementary School Waldorf | 876 | 41.0% | 39.1% |
| Mary H. Matula Elementary School La Plata | 610 | 40.5% | 49.0% |
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 Dora Kennedy French Immersion ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #160 of 853 | #4 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #293 of 853 ▼ 122 | #12 of 136 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #121 of 853 ▼ 41 | #5 of 136 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 684 | #113 of 898 | #14 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #520 of 857 | #111 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #443 of 857 | #38 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #724 of 885 | #144 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #261 of 294 | #32 of 39 |
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
684
+30 (+5%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 684 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 29% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 30% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 29% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 48 | 13.6:1 | 30% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 45.5 | 14.8:1 | 32% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 31% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 25% (149) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dora Kennedy French Immersion.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (671 to 684); teachers up 3% (45.5 to 47).
About Dora Kennedy French Immersion
Dora Kennedy French Immersion sits in Greenbelt, Maryland, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 684 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students.
Prince George's County Public Schools is responsible for 199 schools, Dora Kennedy French Immersion included, with 132,693 students in all.
Dora Kennedy French Immersion's enrollment is 63% Black. The remaining shares are 20% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Black share in Prince George's County as a whole is similar, at about 59%. Dora Kennedy French Immersion has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.6:1, with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Dora Kennedy French Immersion is 29%. The average for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
allk12 grades Dora Kennedy French Immersion an A-. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Dora Kennedy French Immersion lands between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.8%; the prediction is 57.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Prince George's County, median household income is about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 203 public schools operate in Prince George's County, serving about 132,693 students.
The closest public school to Dora Kennedy French Immersion is Greenbelt Middle, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Dora Kennedy French Immersion ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 64.8% versus a 27.9% average.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Dora Kennedy French Immersion went from 654 students to 684.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Greenbelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Greenbelt MiddleMiddle · 1,270 students
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Nearby schools
- Greenbelt Middle0.1 mi · 1,270
- Berwyn Heights Elementary0.5 mi · 421
- Springhill Lake Elementary0.6 mi · 804
- Paint Branch Elementary1.5 mi · 488
- Hollywood Elementary1.7 mi · 284
- Greenbelt Elementary1.7 mi · 531
Frequently asked questions
About Dora Kennedy French ImmersionWhat is the total enrollment at Dora Kennedy French Immersion?
Dora Kennedy French Immersion enrolls approximately 684 students in grades KG-08.
Is Dora Kennedy French Immersion an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dora Kennedy French Immersion is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Dora Kennedy French Immersion?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Dora Kennedy French Immersion.
How diverse is Dora Kennedy French Immersion?
Dora Kennedy French Immersion reports a student body of 20% White, 8% Hispanic, 63% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Dora Kennedy French Immersion?
Dora Kennedy French Immersion is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.