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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000826
Fairland Elementary
14315 Fairdale Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20905 · (240) 740-0640 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
324 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 | 78 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
58%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
46.9%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
43.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.9% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 49.3% | 48.6% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Fairland Elementary
Fairland Elementary's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairland Elementary this school | 553 | 58.6% | 47.0% |
| J. C. Parks Elementary School Indian Head | 653 | 59.7% | 34.2% |
| Galway Elementary Silver Spring | 695 | 58.6% | 46.5% |
| Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School Waldorf | 661 | 59.9% | 26.1% |
| C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School Waldorf | 598 | 60.5% | 53.9% |
| Jackson Road Elementary Silver Spring | 623 | 59.4% | 29.9% |
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 Fairland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #375 of 853 | #78 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #392 of 853 ▼ 96 | #83 of 131 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #470 of 853 ▼ 96 | #89 of 131 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #280 of 898 | #56 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #64 of 857 | #20 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #409 of 857 | #108 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.6% | #429 of 885 | #34 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #281 of 551 | #46 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
553
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
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 | 553 | 51.4 | 10.8:1 | 59% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 50.9 | 11.1:1 | 63% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 48.4 | 11.2:1 | 72% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 46 | 12.7:1 | 65% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 49.6 | 12.7:1 | 64% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 58% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 51% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 28% (144) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 26 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (631 to 553); teachers up 4% (49.6 to 51.4).
About Fairland Elementary
Fairland Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Silver Spring, Maryland, one of the schools in Montgomery County Public Schools. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 553 students enrolled.
District-wide, Montgomery County Public Schools has 208 schools and 159,181 students.
Of every 100 students at Fairland Elementary, about 58 are Black. After that, the student body is 27% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Montgomery County, the Black share is about 19%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
Fairland Elementary reports a ratio of 10.8 students per teacher, from 51.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 3.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Fairland Elementary, 59% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 19 points.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Fairland Elementary is 39.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.0%.
In Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 211, with about 159,181 students.
Fairland Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Paint Branch High, its nearest public school. Fairland Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Fairland Elementary ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 47.0% against a local average of 38.9%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 553, from 585 in 2020-21. The ratio was 12.7:1 in 2020-21 and 10.8:1 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
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
Other Fairland Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Fairland Elementary. Fairland Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Fairland Elementary SchoolFairland, OK · 252 students
Nearby schools
- Paint Branch High0.5 mi · 2,038
- Benjamin Banneker Middle0.6 mi · 705
- Greencastle Elementary1.1 mi · 722
- JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary1.1 mi · 756
- Briggs Chaney Middle1.5 mi · 858
- Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary1.6 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About Fairland ElementaryHow many students attend Fairland Elementary?
Fairland Elementary enrolls approximately 553 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fairland Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fairland Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Fairland Elementary?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Fairland Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Fairland Elementary?
Student demographics at Fairland Elementary are roughly 5% White, 27% Hispanic, 58% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Fairland Elementary in?
Fairland Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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