Flora M. Singer Elementary

Flora M. Singer Elementary operates as a mid-tier primary school in Silver Spring, Maryland, part of Montgomery County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 653 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 36% bigger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 208 schools with combined enrollment of 159,181 students; Flora M. Singer Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Flora M. Singer Elementary shows that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% White, 14% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Flora M. Singer Elementary records 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Flora M. Singer Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.2%, the actual is 48.5%, a residual of -3.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate 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. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Flora M. Singer Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Oakland Terrace Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Flora M. Singer Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Flora M. Singer Elementary has shrank 8%, going from 709 students in 2018 to 653 in 2025.

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