Forest Knolls Elementary

Located at 10830 Eastwood Ave, in Silver Spring, Maryland, Forest Knolls Elementary is a medium-sized primary school that instructs 472 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Montgomery County Public Schools.

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

On the student-mix side, Forest Knolls Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% White, 20% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Forest Knolls Elementary lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Forest Knolls Elementary sits in the top 10% of Maryland schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 49.9%; actual is 66.6%, +16.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household earnings sit near $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Forest Knolls Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kemp Mill Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Forest Knolls Elementary. On composite proficiency, Forest Knolls Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

Forest Knolls Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Forest Knolls Elementary's enrollment has decreased 36% since 2018, when it stood at 734 (now 472). The White share of enrollment edged down from 34% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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