Enrollment
215
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001031
Forest Heights Elementary
6360 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, MD 20745 · (301) 749-4220 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL215 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
11.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
188 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
52%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
38.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
29.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +13.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 29.2% |
| 2023-24 | 15.3% | 15.3% |
% 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
24.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Forest Heights Elementary
Forest Heights Elementary's state test result (24.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Heights Elementary this school | 215 | 87.4% | 24.5% |
| North Forestville Elementary Forestville | 271 | 94.1% | 24.4% |
| Eastport Elementary Annapolis | 283 | 89.0% | 32.9% |
| Apple Grove Elementary Fort Washington | 277 | 93.5% | 31.1% |
| James H. Harrison Elementary Laurel | 304 | 91.4% | 31.3% |
| Fort Foote Elementary Fort Washington | 277 | 89.2% | 25.5% |
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 Forest Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #727 of 853 | #92 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #598 of 853 ▲ 184 | #53 of 136 ▲ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #589 of 853 ▲ 234 | #65 of 136 ▲ 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 215 | #845 of 898 | #138 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #93 of 857 | #17 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #489 of 857 | #56 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #117 of 885 | #88 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #103 of 551 | #23 of 99 |
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
215
-94 (-30%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 215 | 19.2 | 11.2:1 | 87% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 19.2 | 11.2:1 | 81% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 21.7 | 11.9:1 | 86% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 77% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 26.2 | 10.8:1 | 89% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 23 | 12.8:1 | 77% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 251 | 13 | 19.3:1 | 75% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 68% (238) |
| 1990-91 | 256 | 20 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (284 to 215); teachers down 27% (26.2 to 19.2).
About Forest Heights Elementary
In Oxon Hill, Maryland, Forest Heights Elementary is a small elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 215 students. Elementary schools in Maryland have about 481 students on average; enrollment here is 55% lower.
The 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools enroll 132,693 students altogether, Forest Heights Elementary among them.
More than half of the students at Forest Heights Elementary are Hispanic (60%). Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Black and 3% White. In Prince George's County overall, about 23% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Forest Heights Elementary scores 52%.
Forest Heights Elementary lists 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.2 students per teacher. The school's 11.2:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 87% of the student body.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Forest Heights Elementary outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Forest Heights Elementary would score about 22.5%. It scores 24.5%, 2.0 points above that figure.
In Prince George's County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $101,798 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Forest Heights Elementary, Prince George's County has 203 public schools.
Ingenuity Prep PCS is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Forest Heights Elementary ranks 3rd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 24.5% against a local average of 28.1%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 30% across 4 years, from 309 in 2020-21 to 215 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 11.2:1 over the same years.
The Forest Heights Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Oxon Hill
- Oxon Hill HighHigh · 1,562 students
- Potomac HighHigh · 1,347 students
- John Hanson MontessoriElementary · 496 students
- Barnaby Manor ElementaryElementary · 438 students
- Flintstone ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 351 students
Other Forest Heights Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Forest Heights Elementary. Forest Heights Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Forest Heights ElementaryColumbia, SC · 435 students
- FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHARRISON, AR · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Ingenuity Prep PCS0.5 mi · 797
- Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys PCS0.5 mi · 311
- Glassmanor Elementary0.7 mi · 261
- Flintstone Elementary0.7 mi · 367
- Patterson Elementary School0.8 mi · 238
- Hendley Elementary School0.9 mi · 276
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Heights ElementaryHow large is Forest Heights Elementary?
Forest Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 215 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Forest Heights Elementary serve?
Forest Heights Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Forest Heights Elementary?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Forest Heights Elementary.
How diverse is Forest Heights Elementary?
Forest Heights Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 60% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Forest Heights Elementary in?
Forest Heights Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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