Glen Haven Elementary

As a moderately sized primary school in Silver Spring, Maryland, Glen Haven Elementary serves 540 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glen Haven Elementary lists that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% Black, 15% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glen Haven Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.1%; this one delivers 34.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household earnings sit near $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Glen Haven Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sligo Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glen Haven Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glen Haven Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 503 students in 2018 compared to 540 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 48% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Glen Haven Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.