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Alumni: what's one memory from Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
673
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048090455
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary
13881 Hopkins Rd, Germantown, MD 20874 · (240) 740-6830 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL673 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
226 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 | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
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
61.9%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
53.2%
MD avg 34.8% . -8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.9% | 53.2% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 61.8% |
% 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
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary's state test result (59.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary this school | 673 | 33.6% | 59.9% |
| William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary Germantown | 601 | 40.1% | 70.5% |
| Little Bennett Elementary Clarksburg | 614 | 29.3% | 59.1% |
| Bellows Spring Elementary Ellicott City | 806 | 26.3% | 60.0% |
| Bayard Rustin Elementary Rockville | 757 | 41.6% | 59.4% |
| Bethesda Elementary Bethesda | 645 | 25.3% | 68.2% |
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. Ronald E. McNair Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #218 of 853 | #57 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #258 of 853 ▼ 96 | #62 of 131 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #262 of 853 ▼ 57 | #59 of 131 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 673 | #122 of 898 | #19 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #702 of 857 | #119 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.6% | #3 of 857 | #3 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #679 of 885 | #85 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #146 of 551 | #20 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
673
-127 (-16%) vs 2020
+93% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 673 | 42.1 | 16.0:1 | 34% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 707 | 42.7 | 16.6:1 | 34% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 43.9 | 16.6:1 | 38% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 800 | 48 | 16.7:1 | 30% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 845 | 46.2 | 18.3:1 | 24% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 45 | 18.7:1 | 26% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | 42 | 17.8:1 | 26% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 1,019 | 52 | 19.6:1 | 17% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 20 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (845 to 673); teachers down 9% (46.2 to 42.1).
About Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is one of the public schools in Germantown, Maryland. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 673 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Maryland) has about 481 students.
Federal data list 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools, with 159,181 students enrolled.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary. The largest is Asian students, at 28%. The remaining students are 26% Black, 20% Hispanic, 18% White, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 15% Asian. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary's diversity index is 78%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary's 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 16.0:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 34%.
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.9% and a predicted 54.4%.
Census estimates describe Montgomery County this way: the median household income is $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary, Montgomery County has 210 other public schools.
The closest public school to Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is Kingsview Middle, about 0.4 miles away. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary's enrollment declined from 800 in 2020-21 to 673 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Germantown
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Kingsview MiddleMiddle · 908 students
- Roberto W. Clemente MiddleMiddle · 888 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Neelsville MiddleMiddle · 781 students
Nearby schools
- Kingsview Middle0.4 mi · 908
- Germantown Elementary0.7 mi · 314
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle0.8 mi · 841
- Lake Seneca Elementary1.0 mi · 437
- Longview School1.3 mi · 59
- Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary1.4 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Ronald E. McNair ElementaryHow many students attend Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary?
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary enrolls approximately 673 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary have?
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary?
At Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary, the student body is approximately 18% White, 20% Hispanic, 26% Black, 28% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary in?
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.