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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000191
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary
21301 Seneca Crossing Dr, Germantown, MD 20876 · (240) 740-5980 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
267 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 | 61 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
71%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
35.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.3pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 28.9% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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. Sally K. Ride Elementary
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary this school | 428 | 62.4% | 36.0% |
| Hebron - Harman Elementary Hanover | 459 | 61.7% | 30.8% |
| Reisterstown Elementary Reisterstown | 518 | 61.6% | 24.7% |
| Cedarmere Elementary Reisterstown | 502 | 59.6% | 31.9% |
| Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary Silver Spring | 485 | 61.9% | 52.0% |
| Cannon Road Elementary Silver Spring | 388 | 58.2% | 30.7% |
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. Sally K. Ride Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #522 of 853 | #102 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #469 of 853 ▲ 88 | #94 of 131 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #636 of 853 ▼ 164 | #113 of 131 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #550 of 898 | #107 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #25 of 857 | #11 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #139 of 857 | #45 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #364 of 885 | #18 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #334 of 551 | #56 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
428
-47 (-10%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 782
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 428 | 42.1 | 10.2:1 | 62% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 41.3 | 11.0:1 | 53% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 41.5 | 12.1:1 | 63% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 41 | 11.6:1 | 58% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 38.2 | 12.5:1 | 49% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 38 | 13.6:1 | 50% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 40% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 782 | 46 | 17.0:1 | 25% (192) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (478 to 428); teachers up 10% (38.2 to 42.1).
About Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary
In Germantown, Maryland, part of Montgomery County, Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary is an elementary school. The school serves 428 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary is one school in a 208-school district, Montgomery County Public Schools, which enrolls 159,181 students.
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 38%. Other reported shares: 34% Black, 11% Asian, 10% White, and 6% multiracial. Montgomery County's residents are about 21% Hispanic, 17 points below the school's share. Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 42.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.2:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary would score about 37.3%. It scores 36.0%, 1.3 points below that figure.
According to the American Community Survey, in Montgomery County, median household income is 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%. Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 159,181 students.
Neelsville Middle is located about 0.9 miles from Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary is behind the 45.4% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 475 to 428. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.2:1.
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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
- Neelsville Middle0.9 mi · 781
- Captain James E. Daly Elementary1.2 mi · 472
- William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary1.2 mi · 601
- Snowden Farm Elementary1.6 mi · 578
- Rocky Hill Middle1.8 mi · 1,010
- Hallie Wells Middle1.8 mi · 931
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Sally K. Ride ElementaryHow many students attend Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary?
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary serve?
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary.
How diverse is Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary?
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary reports a student body of 10% White, 38% Hispanic, 34% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary in?
Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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