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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000832
Forest Knolls Elementary
10830 Eastwood Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20901 · (240) 740-1640 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
194 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 | 47 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
71%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
60.9%
MD avg 50.6% . -9.6pp since 2023
Math
62.3%
MD avg 34.8% . -10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.9% | 62.3% |
| 2023-24 | 70.5% | 72.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Knolls Elementary
Forest Knolls Elementary's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Knolls Elementary this school | 472 | 41.1% | 66.6% |
| Sequoyah Elementary Derwood | 460 | 46.7% | 44.1% |
| Pot Spring Elementary Timonium | 434 | 44.9% | 65.7% |
| Talbott Springs Elementary Columbia | 461 | 45.3% | 52.6% |
| Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary Rockville | 621 | 43.0% | 60.2% |
| Cloverly Elementary Silver Spring | 429 | 37.5% | 59.3% |
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 Knolls Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #131 of 853 | #41 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #169 of 853 ▼ 100 | #42 of 131 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #280 of 853 ▼ 154 | #63 of 131 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #444 of 898 | #88 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #78 of 857 | #24 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #142 of 857 | #47 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #607 of 885 | #70 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.7% | #36 of 551 | #8 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
472
-71 (-13%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 472 | 42.8 | 11.0:1 | 41% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 40.7 | 12.1:1 | 38% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 38.8 | 12.7:1 | 40% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 47 | 11.6:1 | 31% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 734 | 51.5 | 14.3:1 | 33% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 769 | 55 | 14.0:1 | 37% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 647 | 46 | 14.1:1 | 41% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 24% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 37 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Knolls Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (734 to 472); teachers down 17% (51.5 to 42.8).
About Forest Knolls Elementary
Forest Knolls Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in Silver Spring, Maryland. The school's enrollment of 472 students covers pre-K through 5.
Forest Knolls Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools, where 208 schools serve 159,181 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Forest Knolls Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 40%. Other students are 28% White, 20% Black, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That is higher than the 21% Hispanic share among all Montgomery County residents. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.0:1. That is 2.8 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 41%. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Forest Knolls Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in Maryland. Predicted: 49.9%. Actual: 66.6%.
Census estimates describe Montgomery County this way: the median household income is $132,450, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, Montgomery County has 211 public schools and roughly 159,181 students.
Kemp Mill Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Forest Knolls Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Forest Knolls Elementary at 1st of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 13% from 2020-21, when Forest Knolls Elementary had 543 students, to 2024-25, when it had 472.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Forest Knolls Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- Kemp Mill Elementary0.7 mi · 412
- Sligo Middle0.8 mi · 685
- Glen Haven Elementary0.9 mi · 540
- Burnt Mills Elementary1.1 mi · 747
- Montgomery Blair High1.2 mi · 3,266
- Pine Crest Elementary1.2 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Knolls ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Forest Knolls Elementary?
Forest Knolls Elementary enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Forest Knolls Elementary serve?
Forest Knolls Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Forest Knolls Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Forest Knolls Elementary is approximately 11.0:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Forest Knolls Elementary?
At Forest Knolls Elementary, the student body is approximately 28% White, 40% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Forest Knolls Elementary public or private?
Forest Knolls Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.