Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary

Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in Cheverly, Maryland, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools, instructing 518 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 31% Black, 13% Asian, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.1%; this one delivers 33.9%.

In the broader community, Prince George's County reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Prince George's County's 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cooper Lane Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 21.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 606 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 46% to 31% across the same window.

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