Great Seneca Creek Elementary

Great Seneca Creek Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Germantown, Maryland, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, with 487 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools in total, collectively educating 159,181 students. Great Seneca Creek Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Great Seneca Creek Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 30% Black, 17% White, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Great Seneca Creek Elementary lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at Great Seneca Creek Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Great Seneca Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 42.4%.

Across the wider county, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Great Seneca Creek Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Northwest High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Great Seneca Creek Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Great Seneca Creek Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.5%.

Great Seneca Creek Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Great Seneca Creek Elementary has declined 22%, going from 628 students in 2018 to 487 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 26% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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