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What's one thing Garrett Park Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
724
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000840
Garrett Park Elementary
4810 Oxford Street, Kensington, MD 20896 · (240) 740-0700 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL724 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-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
16.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
180 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
75%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
65.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
58.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 59.5% |
% 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
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Garrett Park Elementary
Garrett Park Elementary's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Park Elementary this school | 724 | 24.9% | 61.8% |
| Rachel Carson Elementary Gaithersburg | 671 | 27.0% | 75.2% |
| Luxmanor Elementary Rockville | 684 | 27.5% | 63.4% |
| Ashburton Elementary Bethesda | 871 | 21.5% | 65.8% |
| Nantucket Elementary Crofton | 675 | 27.9% | 55.1% |
| Olney Elementary Olney | 585 | 22.4% | 68.4% |
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 Garrett Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #198 of 853 | #52 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #199 of 853 ▼ 11 | #51 of 131 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #208 of 853 ▼ 6 | #49 of 131 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 724 | #82 of 898 | #10 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #776 of 857 | #127 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.7% | #34 of 857 | #21 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #755 of 885 | #103 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #315 of 551 | #53 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
724
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 724 | 43.2 | 16.8:1 | 25% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 43.5 | 15.8:1 | 24% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 686 | 42.6 | 16.1:1 | 25% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 20% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 44.6 | 18.3:1 | 16% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 802 | 42 | 19.1:1 | 16% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 15% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 12% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 403 | 20 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garrett Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (815 to 724); teachers down 3% (44.6 to 43.2).
About Garrett Park Elementary
Among the schools in Kensington, Maryland, is Garrett Park Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school has 724 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
The Montgomery County Public Schools system has 208 schools and 159,181 students.
At Garrett Park Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 39%. Smaller groups are 21% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 15% Black, and 8% multiracial. Montgomery County residents are about 42% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Garrett Park Elementary are from different groups.
Teacher count: 43.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.8:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 25%. Across public schools in Montgomery County, the average is 40%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Garrett Park Elementary outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Garrett Park Elementary is 2.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 61.8% actual, 59.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
In Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 211, with about 159,181 students.
Kensington Parkwood Elementary sits about 0.8 miles from Garrett Park Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 45.2%, lower than Garrett Park Elementary's 61.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 729 to 724.
People who know Garrett Park Elementary can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Kensington
- Albert Einstein HighHigh · 1,991 students
- Silver Creek MiddleMiddle · 751 students
- Newport Mill MiddleMiddle · 652 students
- Rock View ElementaryElementary · 588 students
- Kensington Parkwood ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Stephen Knolls SchoolCombined · 51 students
Nearby schools
- Kensington Parkwood Elementary0.8 mi · 535
- Rock View Elementary1.2 mi · 588
- Viers Mill Elementary1.2 mi · 556
- Northwood High1.4 mi · 1,654
- Albert Einstein High1.6 mi · 1,991
- Silver Creek Middle1.6 mi · 751
Frequently asked questions
About Garrett Park ElementaryHow many students attend Garrett Park Elementary?
Garrett Park Elementary enrolls approximately 724 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Garrett Park Elementary serve?
Garrett Park Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Garrett Park Elementary?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Garrett Park Elementary.
How diverse is Garrett Park Elementary?
Garrett Park Elementary reports a student body of 39% White, 21% Hispanic, 15% Black, 16% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Garrett Park Elementary in?
Garrett Park Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.