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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000821
East Silver Spring Elementary
631 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 · (240) 740-0620 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
12.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
284 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 | 100 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
65%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
60.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
45.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.6% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 44.7% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 East Silver Spring Elementary
East Silver Spring Elementary's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Silver Spring Elementary this school | 540 | 52.6% | 51.0% |
| Cradlerock Elementary Columbia | 453 | 55.6% | 34.8% |
| Bond Mill Elementary Laurel | 463 | 52.5% | 37.8% |
| Malcolm Elementary School Waldorf | 415 | 50.1% | 35.6% |
| North Salisbury Elementary Salisbury | 526 | 49.0% | 61.6% |
| Glenarden Woods Elementary Lanham | 516 | 47.3% | 90.1% |
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 East Silver Spring Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #326 of 853 | #74 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #363 of 853 ▼ 11 | #78 of 131 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #285 of 853 ▲ 30 | #64 of 131 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #296 of 898 | #58 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #178 of 857 | #54 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #299 of 857 | #85 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #499 of 885 | #54 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #293 of 294 | #34 of 34 |
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
540
+59 (+12%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 540 | 44.8 | 12.1:1 | 53% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 37.1 | 14.2:1 | 58% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 38.7 | 13.3:1 | 60% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 38 | 12.7:1 | 52% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 39.3 | 13.7:1 | 53% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 42 | 13.2:1 | 56% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 60% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 400 | 36 | 11.1:1 | 52% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Silver Spring Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (539 to 540); teachers up 14% (39.3 to 44.8).
About East Silver Spring Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in Silver Spring, Maryland, East Silver Spring Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 540 students.
East Silver Spring Elementary is one of the 208 schools that make up Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students in total).
The largest group at East Silver Spring Elementary is Black students, at 52%. The remaining students are 19% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Montgomery County, the Black share is about 19%. The diversity index for East Silver Spring Elementary is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1. The school reported 53% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 40% average among public schools in Montgomery County.
East Silver Spring Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, East Silver Spring Elementary would score about 43.1%. It scores 51.0%, 7.9 points above that figure.
For Montgomery County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 211 public schools and about 159,181 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Takoma Park Middle, is about 0.5 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, East Silver Spring Elementary places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
A 12% gain took enrollment from 481 in 2020-21 to 540 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the East Silver Spring Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Silver Spring
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- James Hubert Blake HighHigh · 1,960 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Springbrook HighHigh · 1,838 students
- Takoma Park MiddleMiddle · 1,177 students
Nearby schools
- Takoma Park Middle0.5 mi · 1,177
- Silver Spring International Middle0.6 mi · 1,015
- Sligo Creek Elementary0.6 mi · 632
- Takoma Park Elementary0.7 mi · 559
- Piney Branch Elementary0.8 mi · 575
- Highland View Elementary0.9 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About East Silver Spring ElementaryHow large is East Silver Spring Elementary?
East Silver Spring Elementary enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does East Silver Spring Elementary serve?
East Silver Spring Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does East Silver Spring Elementary have?
East Silver Spring Elementary employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at East Silver Spring Elementary?
Student demographics at East Silver Spring Elementary are roughly 19% White, 19% Hispanic, 52% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is East Silver Spring Elementary in?
East Silver Spring Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.