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Best kept secret at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary?
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Enrollment
485
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048090480
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary
1200 Swingingdale Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20905 · (240) 740-5670 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
300 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 | 71 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 57% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
66%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
52.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -9.7pp since 2023
Math
41.4%
MD avg 34.8% . -10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 51.4% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% 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 Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary this school | 485 | 61.9% | 52.0% |
| Cedarmere Elementary Reisterstown | 502 | 59.6% | 31.9% |
| Reisterstown Elementary Reisterstown | 518 | 61.6% | 24.7% |
| Hebron - Harman Elementary Hanover | 459 | 61.7% | 30.8% |
| Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary Germantown | 428 | 62.4% | 36.0% |
| Glyndon Elementary Reisterstown | 476 | 67.2% | 33.8% |
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 Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #317 of 853 | #72 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #414 of 853 ▼ 144 | #87 of 131 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #384 of 853 ▼ 174 | #77 of 131 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #409 of 898 | #79 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #171 of 857 | #51 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #280 of 857 | #82 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.9% | #370 of 885 | #20 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #482 of 551 | #86 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
485
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 485 | 40.6 | 11.9:1 | 62% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 35.8 | 13.0:1 | 51% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 36.5 | 13.0:1 | 62% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 36 | 13.0:1 | 51% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 37.9 | 13.2:1 | 49% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 50% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 51% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 29% (146) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (501 to 485); teachers up 7% (37.9 to 40.6).
About Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Silver Spring, Maryland. It had 485 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is one of 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools, which enrolls 159,181 students in total.
The largest group at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is Black students, at 47%. After that, the student body is 32% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 19% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
On staff are 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 62%. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Maryland public elementary schools.
A school in Maryland with Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 37.6%. Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary scores 52.0%.
Looking at the county, Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $132,450, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 211, with about 159,181 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, William Tyler Page Elementary, is about 1.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary had a net gain of 17 students, or 4%. The school's ratio dropped from 13.0:1 to 11.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Silver Spring
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- James Hubert Blake HighHigh · 1,960 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Springbrook HighHigh · 1,838 students
- Takoma Park MiddleMiddle · 1,177 students
Other Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary. Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Dr. Charles R. Drew ElementaryArlington, VA · 417 students
Nearby schools
- William Tyler Page Elementary1.2 mi · 620
- Cloverly Elementary1.2 mi · 429
- Briggs Chaney Middle1.5 mi · 858
- Cannon Road Elementary1.6 mi · 388
- Stonegate Elementary1.6 mi · 565
- Fairland Elementary1.6 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Charles R. Drew ElementaryHow many students attend Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary?
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary enrolls approximately 485 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary serve?
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary is approximately 11.9:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary?
At Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 32% Hispanic, 47% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary?
Dr. Charles R. Drew 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.