Fairland Elementary

Fairland Elementary, a mid-sized elementary campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools, hosts 553 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools in total, collectively educating 159,181 students. Fairland Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fairland Elementary reports that 58% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 27% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, Fairland Elementary shows 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fairland Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 47.0%, a residual of +7.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) reports that 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. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Fairland Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Paint Branch High, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairland Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairland Elementary has shrank 12%, going from 631 students in 2018 to 553 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.