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How has Eleanor Roosevelt High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
2,544
High
DISTRICT 1,588 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001027
Eleanor Roosevelt High
7601 Hanover Pkwy, Greenbelt, MD 20770 · (301) 513-5400 · Prince George's County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,544 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Maryland public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
134 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
1,600 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 742 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 621 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 611 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 570 | 22% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
70.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
10.6%
MD avg 34.8% . -6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.1% | 10.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 16.9% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 Eleanor Roosevelt High
Eleanor Roosevelt High's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Roosevelt High this school | 2,544 | 62.9% | 40.3% |
| Woodlawn High Baltimore | 1,922 | 65.5% | 22.3% |
| Parkville High Baltimore | 1,877 | 56.1% | 23.3% |
| Paint Branch High Burtonsville | 2,038 | 52.2% | 31.8% |
| Meade High Ft Meade | 2,045 | 53.1% | 32.2% |
| James Hubert Blake High Silver Spring | 1,960 | 53.7% | 30.9% |
Matched among Maryland high 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 Eleanor Roosevelt High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #70 of 203 | #3 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #109 of 206 ▼ 49 | #9 of 25 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #62 of 206 ▲ 14 | #2 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,544 | #8 of 234 | #5 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #190 of 210 | #22 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #71 of 211 | #2 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #63 of 212 | #18 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #63 of 76 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,544
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 2,378
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 2,544 | 134 | 19.0:1 | 63% (1,600) |
| 2023-24 | 2,557 | 123 | 20.8:1 | 60% (1,529) |
| 2022-23 | 2,526 | 122 | 20.7:1 | 59% (1,494) |
| 2020-21 | 2,546 | 132 | 19.3:1 | 52% (1,321) |
| 2017-18 | 2,602 | 130 | 20.0:1 | 46% (1,197) |
| 2015-16 | 2,506 | 128 | 19.6:1 | 40% (1,000) |
| 2010-11 | 2,669 | 130 | 20.5:1 | 32% (866) |
| 2000-01 | 3,217 | 146 | 22.0:1 | 15% (497) |
| 1990-91 | 2,378 | 111 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eleanor Roosevelt High.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (2,602 to 2,544); teachers up 3% (130 to 134).
About Eleanor Roosevelt High
Eleanor Roosevelt High sits in Greenbelt, Maryland, and is classified as a high school. A total of 2,544 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. Against the 1,185-student average for high schools in Maryland, enrollment here is 115% higher.
The 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools enroll 132,693 students altogether, Eleanor Roosevelt High among them.
At 53%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Eleanor Roosevelt High combined. The remaining students are 26% Hispanic, 9% White, 8% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Eleanor Roosevelt High has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1 at Eleanor Roosevelt High, with 134 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among high schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 15.3:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 63% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
allk12 grades Eleanor Roosevelt High an A. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Maryland with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 37.0%. Eleanor Roosevelt High scores 40.3%.
Prince George's County census figures show that median household income is about $101,798, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 203 public schools operate in Prince George's County, serving about 132,693 students.
Nearby, Magnolia Elementary is about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Eleanor Roosevelt High ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
Eleanor Roosevelt High falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 2,544, close to the 2,546 recorded in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Northwestern HighHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in Greenbelt
- Greenbelt MiddleMiddle · 1,270 students
- Springhill Lake ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Dora Kennedy French ImmersionElementary · 684 students
- Greenbelt ElementaryElementary · 531 students
Other Eleanor Roosevelt High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Eleanor Roosevelt High. Eleanor Roosevelt High is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighEastvale, CA · 4,353 students
- ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLNEW YORK, NY · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Magnolia Elementary0.8 mi · 442
- Greenbelt Elementary1.3 mi · 531
- Robert Goddard Montessori1.6 mi · 464
- Catherine T. Reed Elementary1.6 mi · 437
- Lamont Elementary1.6 mi · 460
- Dora Kennedy French Immersion1.8 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About Eleanor Roosevelt HighWhat is the total enrollment at Eleanor Roosevelt High?
Eleanor Roosevelt High enrolls approximately 2,544 students in grades 09-12.
Is Eleanor Roosevelt High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eleanor Roosevelt High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Eleanor Roosevelt High have?
Eleanor Roosevelt High employs 134 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Eleanor Roosevelt High?
Student demographics at Eleanor Roosevelt High are roughly 9% White, 26% Hispanic, 53% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Eleanor Roosevelt High in?
Eleanor Roosevelt High is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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