Georgian Forest Elementary

Set in Silver Spring, Maryland, Georgian Forest Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus, run under Montgomery County Public Schools. It educates 600 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 481.

Across the 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students total), Georgian Forest Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Georgian Forest Elementary shows that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 16% Black, 3% White, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at Georgian Forest Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Georgian Forest Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) records that median household earnings sit near $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Georgian Forest Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bel Pre Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Georgian Forest Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 32.2%.

Georgian Forest Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Georgian Forest Elementary has shrank 5%, going from 633 students in 2018 to 600 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 75% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.