Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Germantown, Maryland, Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary caters to 428 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Montgomery County Public Schools.

Within Montgomery County Public Schools, which oversees 208 schools and 159,181 students, Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Black, 11% Asian, 10% White, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the resource side, On paper, Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. 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 number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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. Sally K. Ride Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Neelsville Middle, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 478 (now 428). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 31% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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