Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary

Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Germantown, Maryland, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, serveing 673 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% bigger than the state mean of about 481.

Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools in total, collectively educating 159,181 students. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 28%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Black, 20% Hispanic, 18% White, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 34% of students at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.4%; this one delivers 59.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kingsview Middle, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary has fell 20%, going from 845 students in 2018 to 673 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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