Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary

Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary, a medium-sized K-5 school in Silver Spring, Maryland, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, works with 485 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is one of 208 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that teaches 159,181 students overall.

Demographically, Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary shows that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Dr. Charles R. Drew 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 37.6%; this one delivers 52.0%, a residual of +14.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) records that median household income runs about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is one campus in the mix.

William Tyler Page Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary has contracted 3%, going from 501 students in 2018 to 485 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 24% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.