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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001041
Gaywood Elementary
6701 97th Ave, Lanham, MD 20706 · (301) 918-8730 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
475 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 | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
47%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
43.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +16.5pp since 2023
Math
33.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +16.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.4% | 33.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 16.7% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Gaywood Elementary
Gaywood Elementary's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaywood Elementary this school | 525 | 90.5% | 30.1% |
| Carrollton Elementary New Carrollton | 539 | 92.9% | 20.3% |
| Laurel Elementary Laurel | 472 | 90.9% | 34.8% |
| Oaklands Elementary Laurel | 483 | 90.3% | 18.0% |
| Thomas S. Stone Elementary Mt Rainier | 580 | 89.1% | 23.1% |
| Adelphi Elementary Adelphi | 505 | 88.9% | 28.3% |
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 Gaywood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #637 of 853 | #66 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #542 of 853 ▲ 211 | #35 of 136 ▲ 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #511 of 853 ▲ 197 | #42 of 136 ▲ 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #329 of 898 | #40 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #319 of 857 | #71 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #561 of 857 | #81 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #81 of 885 | #68 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #525 of 551 | #96 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
525
+28 (+6%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 525 | 39.8 | 13.2:1 | 90% (475) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 42.5 | 11.9:1 | 89% (450) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 38.5 | 12.9:1 | 90% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 40 | 12.4:1 | 82% (406) |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 45.4 | 11.7:1 | 81% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 40 | 12.6:1 | 77% (389) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 38 | 10.8:1 | 78% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 30 | 18.6:1 | 68% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 26 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gaywood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (531 to 525); teachers down 12% (45.4 to 39.8).
About Gaywood Elementary
The public elementary school Gaywood Elementary is located in Lanham, Maryland. Enrollment totals 525 students across pre-K through 5.
Prince George's County Public Schools counts 132,693 students in its 199 schools, and Gaywood Elementary is one of them.
More than half of the students at Gaywood Elementary are Hispanic (69%). Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Black, 2% Asian, and 2% White. In Prince George's County overall, about 23% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
Gaywood Elementary reported 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.2:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is close to this figure. There are 475 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 90% of enrollment. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County is 11 points.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Gaywood Elementary outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Gaywood Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.1%, compared with a predicted 20.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Prince George's County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $101,798, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 203 public schools in the county, enrolling about 132,693, Gaywood Elementary among them.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Robert Goddard Montessori, is the closest to Gaywood Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Gaywood Elementary. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Gaywood Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Gaywood Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 525, up from 497 in 2020-21.
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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 Lanham
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Thomas Johnson MiddleMiddle · 1,180 students
- Legends Public Charter SchoolElementary · 897 students
- James McHenry ElementaryElementary · 610 students
- Glenarden Woods ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 442 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Goddard Montessori0.6 mi · 464
- Duval High0.7 mi · 2,522
- Catherine T. Reed Elementary0.7 mi · 437
- Seabrook Elementary0.8 mi · 365
- Legends Public Charter School1.3 mi · 897
- Magnolia Elementary1.3 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Gaywood ElementaryHow large is Gaywood Elementary?
Gaywood Elementary enrolls approximately 525 students in grades PK-05.
Is Gaywood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gaywood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gaywood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gaywood Elementary is approximately 13.2:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gaywood Elementary?
At Gaywood Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 69% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Gaywood Elementary public or private?
Gaywood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.