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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001043
Glenarden Woods Elementary
7801 Glenarden Pkwy, Lanham, MD 20706 · (301) 925-1300 · Prince George's County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
17.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
244 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 114 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 27% |
Student demographics
64%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
86.9%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
92.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.9% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.4% | 87.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
90.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+43.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 44 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Glenarden Woods Elementary
Glenarden Woods Elementary's state test result (90.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenarden Woods Elementary this school | 516 | 47.3% | 90.1% |
| Guilford Elementary Columbia | 437 | 46.5% | 40.3% |
| Tulip Grove Elementary Bowie | 477 | 43.4% | 56.0% |
| Running Brook Elementary Columbia | 407 | 52.8% | 39.7% |
| East Silver Spring Elementary Silver Spring | 540 | 52.6% | 51.0% |
| Whitehall Elementary Bowie | 485 | 37.9% | 55.8% |
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 Glenarden Woods Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.1% | #1 of 853 | #1 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #1 of 853 ▲ 3 | #1 of 136 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #18 of 853 ▼ 16 | #2 of 136 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #351 of 898 | #44 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #816 of 857 | #137 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #311 of 857 | #13 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #551 of 885 | #130 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #135 of 294 | #17 of 39 |
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
516
+61 (+13%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 518
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 516 | 29.6 | 17.4:1 | 47% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 27.6 | 18.0:1 | 48% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 28.1 | 15.9:1 | 49% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 26 | 17.5:1 | 47% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 26.9 | 17.5:1 | 51% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 55% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 27 | 16.8:1 | 46% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 28 | 20.4:1 | 38% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 518 | 25 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenarden Woods Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (469 to 516); teachers up 10% (26.9 to 29.6).
About Glenarden Woods Elementary
Located in Lanham, Maryland, Glenarden Woods Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 516 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 2 through 5.
Prince George's County Public Schools has 199 schools and 132,693 students, and Glenarden Woods Elementary is one of those schools.
At Glenarden Woods Elementary, 55% of students are Black. It is also 16% Hispanic, 14% White, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put Prince George's County at about 59% Black, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.4:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 3.6 students per teacher. On the income side, 47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County is 32 points.
Glenarden Woods Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 99% of Maryland public elementary schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Glenarden Woods Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in Maryland. Predicted: 46.2%. Actual: 90.1%.
Prince George's County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 203 public schools in the county, enrolling about 132,693, Glenarden Woods Elementary among them.
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary sits about 0.4 miles from Glenarden Woods Elementary. Glenarden Woods Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 90.1% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
Glenarden Woods Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 13%, from 455 to 516.
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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
- Gaywood ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 442 students
Nearby schools
- Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary0.4 mi · 540
- Dodge Park Elementary0.5 mi · 494
- Kenmoor Early Childhood Center0.7 mi · 240
- Kenmoor Middle0.9 mi · 1,021
- Templeton Elementary0.9 mi · 646
- Robert Frost Elementary1.1 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Glenarden Woods ElementaryHow many students attend Glenarden Woods Elementary?
Glenarden Woods Elementary enrolls approximately 516 students in grades 02-05.
Is Glenarden Woods Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Glenarden Woods Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many students per teacher at Glenarden Woods Elementary?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Glenarden Woods Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Glenarden Woods Elementary?
Student demographics at Glenarden Woods Elementary are roughly 14% White, 16% Hispanic, 55% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Glenarden Woods Elementary public or private?
Glenarden Woods Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
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