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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Georgian Forest Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000842
Georgian Forest Elementary
3100 Regina Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20906 · (240) 740-0720 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
347 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 | 54 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
41%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
29.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -8.6pp since 2023
Math
23.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.3% | 23.8% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 27.9% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Georgian Forest Elementary
Georgian Forest Elementary's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgian Forest Elementary this school | 600 | 57.8% | 29.7% |
| Harriet R. Tubman Elementary Gaithersburg | 571 | 61.6% | 27.9% |
| Watkins Mill Elementary Montgomery Village | 734 | 60.1% | 25.8% |
| Wheaton Woods Elementary Rockville | 556 | 64.7% | 40.2% |
| Arcola Elementary Silver Spring | 747 | 57.4% | 28.6% |
| Highland Elementary Silver Spring | 509 | 59.9% | 46.5% |
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 Georgian Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #645 of 853 | #120 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #689 of 853 ▼ 117 | #126 of 131 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #728 of 853 ▼ 189 | #126 of 131 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #214 of 898 | #40 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #247 of 857 | #67 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #621 of 857 | #128 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #441 of 885 | #38 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #448 of 551 | #78 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
600
+32 (+6%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 600 | 47.6 | 12.6:1 | 58% (347) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 44.4 | 12.4:1 | 62% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 45.7 | 11.4:1 | 82% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 51 | 11.1:1 | 75% (424) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 78% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 44 | 13.3:1 | 78% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 42 | 11.9:1 | 71% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 49% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 21 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Georgian Forest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (633 to 600); teachers down 1% (48 to 47.6).
About Georgian Forest Elementary
Georgian Forest Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Silver Spring, Maryland. Enrollment is 600 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 481-student average for elementary schools in Maryland, enrollment here is 25% higher.
Georgian Forest Elementary is one of 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools, which enrolls 159,181 students in total.
Georgian Forest Elementary's enrollment is 75% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 16% Black, 3% White, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Montgomery County's population at about 21%. By the diversity index, Georgian Forest Elementary comes in at 41%.
Georgian Forest Elementary's 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.6:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Georgian Forest Elementary reports 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Montgomery County is 40%.
Test results at Georgian Forest Elementary are 10.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (29.7% actual, 40.0% predicted).
Across Montgomery County, median household income is about $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 211 public schools operate in Montgomery County, serving about 159,181 students.
Bel Pre Elementary is the public school closest to Georgian Forest Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Georgian Forest Elementary is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns Georgian Forest Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 568 in 2020-21 and 600 in 2024-25, a 6% increase. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.1:1 to 12.6:1.
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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 Silver Spring
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- James Hubert Blake HighHigh · 1,960 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Springbrook HighHigh · 1,838 students
- Takoma Park MiddleMiddle · 1,177 students
Nearby schools
- Bel Pre Elementary0.5 mi · 558
- Strathmore Elementary0.7 mi · 464
- Weller Road Elementary0.8 mi · 691
- Harmony Hills Elementary0.8 mi · 655
- A. Mario Loiederman Middle0.9 mi · 978
- Wheaton High1.2 mi · 2,794
Frequently asked questions
About Georgian Forest ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Georgian Forest Elementary?
Georgian Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 600 students in grades PK-05.
Is Georgian Forest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Georgian Forest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Georgian Forest Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Georgian Forest Elementary is approximately 12.6:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Georgian Forest Elementary?
At Georgian Forest Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 75% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Georgian Forest Elementary in?
Georgian Forest Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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