Gaywood Elementary

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Lanham, Maryland, Gaywood Elementary enrolls 525 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.

Gaywood Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that instructs 132,693 students overall.

Demographically, Gaywood Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Black, 2% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gaywood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.7%, the actual is 30.1%, a residual of +9.4 points.

Around the school, Prince George's County reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Gaywood Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

Robert Goddard Montessori is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gaywood Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 31.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gaywood Elementary's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 531 (now 525). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 62% to 69%. Class-load math has widened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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