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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001050
Francis Scott Key Elementary
2301 Scott Key Dr, District Heights, MD 20747 · (301) 817-7970 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
419 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 33 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
44%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
22.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
11.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.8% | 11.7% |
| 2023-24 | 23.1% | 15.8% |
% 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
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Francis Scott Key Elementary
Francis Scott Key Elementary's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Scott Key Elementary this school | 451 | 92.9% | 18.4% |
| Andrew Jackson Academy Forestville | 458 | 93.9% | 20.2% |
| Ardmore Elementary Springdale | 470 | 92.3% | 36.1% |
| Suitland Elementary Suitland | 514 | 94.2% | 18.7% |
| Waldon Woods Elementary Clinton | 523 | 92.0% | 27.4% |
| Catherine T. Reed Elementary Lanham | 437 | 90.4% | 32.6% |
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 Francis Scott Key Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #807 of 853 | #123 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #833 of 853 ▼ 58 | #128 of 136 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #797 of 853 ▼ 44 | #122 of 136 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #501 of 898 | #68 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #336 of 857 | #76 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #591 of 857 | #85 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #40 of 885 | #32 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #390 of 551 | #81 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
451
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-49% since 2000-01, when it was 881
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 451 | 33.9 | 13.3:1 | 93% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 33.4 | 12.5:1 | 91% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 31.4 | 13.4:1 | 66% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 35 | 12.7:1 | 78% (346) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 40.1 | 12.2:1 | 78% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 45 | 12.5:1 | 77% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 66% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 881 | 40 | 22.0:1 | 70% (614) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Francis Scott Key Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (490 to 451); teachers down 16% (40.1 to 33.9).
About Francis Scott Key Elementary
Students in District Heights, Maryland, attend Francis Scott Key Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 451 students in pre-K through 5.
Prince George's County Public Schools oversees Francis Scott Key Elementary and 198 other schools, with 132,693 students in total.
The share of Black students at Francis Scott Key Elementary is 71%, a majority. The school is also 24% Hispanic and 3% White. That is higher than the 59% Black share among all Prince George's County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
On staff are 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. About 93% of students at Francis Scott Key Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Prince George's County average 79%.
Francis Scott Key Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Francis Scott Key Elementary scores 18.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 19.3%.
For the population of Prince George's County, the median household earns about $101,798 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Francis Scott Key Elementary shares Prince George's County with 202 other public schools.
Francis Scott Key Elementary's nearest public school is Concord Elementary (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 22.3%; Francis Scott Key Elementary's is 18.4%, ranking 6th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put Francis Scott Key Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (445) to 2024-25 (451).
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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 District Heights
- Drew-Freeman MiddleMiddle · 1,022 students
- District Heights ElementaryElementary · 365 students
- Concord ElementaryElementary · 204 students
Nearby schools
- Concord Elementary0.3 mi · 204
- District Heights Elementary0.3 mi · 365
- Doswell E. Brooks Elementary0.8 mi · 291
- Suitland High0.9 mi · 1,847
- Drew-Freeman Middle1.0 mi · 1,022
- William W. Hall Academy1.1 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About Francis Scott Key ElementaryHow many students attend Francis Scott Key Elementary?
Francis Scott Key Elementary enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
Is Francis Scott Key Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Francis Scott Key Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Francis Scott Key Elementary have?
Francis Scott Key Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Francis Scott Key Elementary?
At Francis Scott Key Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 24% Hispanic, 71% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Francis Scott Key Elementary in?
Francis Scott Key Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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