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What tradition at Flower Hill Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001454
Flower Hill Elementary
18425 Flower Hill Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20879 · (240) 740-5820 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
249 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 | 30 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
60%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
38.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.1pp since 2023
Math
27.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.7% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 23.1% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Flower Hill Elementary
Flower Hill Elementary's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flower Hill Elementary this school | 454 | 54.8% | 33.8% |
| Twinbrook Elementary Rockville | 459 | 57.1% | 34.0% |
| Goshen Elementary Gaithersburg | 494 | 55.9% | 49.6% |
| Strawberry Knoll Elementary Gaithersburg | 448 | 57.8% | 46.4% |
| Washington Grove Elementary Gaithersburg | 480 | 52.7% | 33.0% |
| Brookhaven Elementary Rockville | 436 | 60.8% | 39.5% |
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 Flower Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #572 of 853 | #113 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #627 of 853 ▲ 24 | #118 of 131 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #582 of 853 ▼ 159 | #104 of 131 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #492 of 898 | #98 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #122 of 857 | #40 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #374 of 857 | #100 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.8% | #481 of 885 | #50 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #400 of 551 | #70 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
454
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 454 | 39.5 | 11.5:1 | 55% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 41.2 | 11.2:1 | 55% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 37.5 | 12.3:1 | 69% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 62% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 65% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 65% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 58% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 33 | 17.7:1 | 41% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 735 | 36 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flower Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (491 to 454); teachers up 10% (36 to 39.5).
About Flower Hill Elementary
Flower Hill Elementary is an elementary school in Gaithersburg, Maryland, according to federal school records. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 454 students on the rolls.
Flower Hill Elementary is part of a district of 208 schools: Montgomery County Public Schools, with 159,181 students.
About 58% of the student body at Flower Hill Elementary is Hispanic. Other students are 20% Black, 10% Asian, 7% White, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County residents are about 21% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
Flower Hill Elementary lists 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.5 students per teacher. The school's 11.5:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 55% of the student body. That rate is above the 40% average among public schools in Montgomery County.
Flower Hill Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 19% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Flower Hill Elementary would score about 41.8%. It scores 33.8%, 7.9 points below that figure.
In the surrounding county, Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County has 211 public schools with about 159,181 students, including Flower Hill Elementary.
The closest school to Flower Hill Elementary is Strawberry Knoll Elementary, located about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Flower Hill Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Flower Hill Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 454, compared with 441 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Flower Hill Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Gaithersburg
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Quince Orchard HighHigh · 2,100 students
- Watkins Mill HighHigh · 1,577 students
- Lakelands Park MiddleMiddle · 993 students
- Gaithersburg MiddleMiddle · 869 students
- Forest Oak MiddleMiddle · 828 students
Nearby schools
- Strawberry Knoll Elementary0.8 mi · 448
- Forest Oak Middle0.8 mi · 828
- Harriet R. Tubman Elementary1.0 mi · 571
- Shady Grove Middle1.2 mi · 514
- Mill Creek Towne Elementary1.3 mi · 528
- Gaithersburg Middle1.3 mi · 869
Frequently asked questions
About Flower Hill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Flower Hill Elementary?
Flower Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 454 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Flower Hill Elementary serve?
Flower Hill Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Flower Hill Elementary?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Flower Hill Elementary.
How diverse is Flower Hill Elementary?
Flower Hill Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 58% Hispanic, 20% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Flower Hill Elementary?
Flower Hill Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.