Enrollment
276
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000819
DuFief Elementary
15001 Dufief Dr, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 · (240) 740-1600 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
57 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
77%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
67.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
71.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.3% | 71.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.3% | 62.8% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 DuFief Elementary
DuFief Elementary's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DuFief Elementary this school | 276 | 20.7% | 66.0% |
| Centerville Elementary Frederick | 471 | 19.1% | 81.5% |
| Ritchie Park Elementary Rockville | 342 | 12.6% | 80.3% |
| Cedar Grove Elementary Germantown | 326 | 27.0% | 79.7% |
| Worthington Elementary Ellicott City | 403 | 11.7% | 81.8% |
| Ilchester Elementary Ellicott City | 482 | 13.7% | 72.4% |
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 DuFief Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #142 of 853 | #43 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #78 of 853 ▲ 72 | #28 of 131 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #181 of 853 ▲ 31 | #41 of 131 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #780 of 898 | #135 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #66 of 857 | #21 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.8% | #10 of 857 | #8 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #783 of 885 | #111 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #301 of 551 | #49 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
276
-29 (-10%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 276 | 25.6 | 10.8:1 | 21% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 25.7 | 9.6:1 | 17% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 245 | 28.1 | 8.7:1 | 20% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 28 | 10.9:1 | 15% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 25.7 | 12.2:1 | 15% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 313 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 14% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 20 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DuFief Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (313 to 276); teachers unchanged (25.7 to 25.6).
About DuFief Elementary
DuFief Elementary is an elementary school in Gaithersburg, Maryland, according to federal school records. It teaches 276 students in kindergarten through 5. That is 43% below the average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
Montgomery County Public Schools is the local district for DuFief Elementary. It runs 208 schools with 159,181 students.
At DuFief Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 31%. Smaller groups are 28% Asian, 17% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. County-wide, 42% of Montgomery County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 77%.
The school lists 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is higher. A total of 57 students, or 21%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 40% for public schools in Montgomery County.
Compared with Maryland schools that have similar shares of low-income students, DuFief Elementary's results are 4.0 points above predicted: 66.0% against 62.0%.
In Montgomery County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 211 public schools in the county, enrolling about 159,181, DuFief Elementary among them.
Lakelands Park Middle is about 1.0 miles from DuFief Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, DuFief Elementary ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 305 in 2020-21 to 276 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About DuFief ElementaryHow large is DuFief Elementary?
DuFief Elementary enrolls approximately 276 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does DuFief Elementary serve?
DuFief Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at DuFief Elementary?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at DuFief Elementary.
How diverse is DuFief Elementary?
DuFief Elementary reports a student body of 31% White, 14% Hispanic, 17% Black, 28% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is DuFief Elementary public or private?
DuFief Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
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