Enrollment
277
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001033
Fort Foote Elementary
8300 Oxon Hill Rd, Fort Washington, MD 20744 · (301) 749-4230 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- B-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
12.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
247 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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
60%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
35.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
26.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +16.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.4% | 26.7% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Fort Foote Elementary
Fort Foote Elementary's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Foote Elementary this school | 277 | 89.2% | 25.5% |
| James H. Harrison Elementary Laurel | 304 | 91.4% | 31.3% |
| Apple Grove Elementary Fort Washington | 277 | 93.5% | 31.1% |
| Oxon Hill Elementary Oxon Hill | 215 | 94.4% | 31.5% |
| North Forestville Elementary Forestville | 271 | 94.1% | 24.4% |
| Seabrook Elementary Seabrook | 365 | 90.7% | 37.3% |
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 Fort Foote Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #710 of 853 | #87 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #641 of 853 ▲ 209 | #64 of 136 ▲ 69 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #629 of 853 ▲ 33 | #75 of 136 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #779 of 898 | #127 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #290 of 857 | #61 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #371 of 857 | #24 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #101 of 885 | #82 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #224 of 551 | #55 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
277
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 277 | 21.4 | 12.9:1 | 89% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 19.5 | 14.4:1 | 71% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 22.5 | 13.7:1 | 69% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 22 | 13.2:1 | 63% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 24.8 | 13.2:1 | 69% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 69% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 51% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 41% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 23 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Foote Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (327 to 277); teachers down 14% (24.8 to 21.4).
About Fort Foote Elementary
Located in Fort Washington, Maryland, Fort Foote Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 277 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students each.
Besides Fort Foote Elementary, Prince George's County Public Schools runs 198 other schools. The district enrolls 132,693 students.
A majority of students at Fort Foote Elementary, 53%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 33% Black, 7% Asian, and 4% White. Among all residents of Prince George's County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. The chance that two students picked at random at Fort Foote Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1 at Fort Foote Elementary, with 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 89% of enrollment. Among public schools in Prince George's County, the average eligibility rate is 79%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Fort Foote Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fort Foote Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 25.5% actual against 21.5% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Prince George's County show that median household income is about $101,798, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Fort Foote Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County, which together enroll about 132,693 students.
The nearest public school is Oxon Hill Elementary, at about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Fort Foote Elementary is 7th among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Fort Foote Elementary went from 291 students to 277.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Fort Washington
- Colin L Powell AcademyElementary · 1,661 students
- Friendly HighHigh · 894 students
- Oxon Hill MiddleMiddle · 773 students
- Tayac ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Excel Academy Public CharterElementary · 454 students
- Rose Valley ElementaryElementary · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Oxon Hill Elementary0.9 mi · 215
- Oxon Hill Middle1.1 mi · 773
- Indian Queen Elementary1.4 mi · 235
- Oxon Hill High1.6 mi · 1,562
- John Hanson Montessori2.0 mi · 496
- Excel Academy Public Charter2.2 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Foote ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Fort Foote Elementary?
Fort Foote Elementary enrolls approximately 277 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Fort Foote Elementary serve?
Fort Foote Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fort Foote Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fort Foote Elementary is approximately 12.9:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Fort Foote Elementary?
Fort Foote Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 53% Hispanic, 33% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Fort Foote Elementary public or private?
Fort Foote Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
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